Enhancing communication in end-of-life care: A clinical tool translating between the clinical frailty scale and the palliative performance scale

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1562-1567

  Grossman, Daphna ^a,b   Rootenberg, Mark ^a,c   Perri, Giulia Anna ^a,b   Yogaparan, Thirumagal ^a,b   Deleon, Maria ^a,d   Calabrese, Sue ^a,d   Grief, Cindy J ^a,e   Moore, Jennifer ^b   Gill, Ashlinder ^b,f   Stilos, Kalli ^e,g   Daines, Patricia ^e,g   Zimmermann, Camilla ^b,h   Mazzotta, Paolo ^b  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical Frailty Scale; clinical tool; geriatrics; palliative care; Palliative Performance Scale

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FRAILTY SCALE; CLINICAL TOOL; GERIATRICS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906090861     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12926     Document Type: Article

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