A Comparison Between End-of-Life Home Care Clients With Cancer and Heart Failure in Ontario

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-29

  Fernandes, Samantha ^a   Guthrie, Dawn M ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; end of life care; heart failure; palliative care; Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ACUITY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACUITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84924213451     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2014.995257     Document Type: Article

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