Preferred place of death for patients referred to a specialist palliative care service

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 294-296

  Arnold, Elizabeth ^a   Finucane, Anne M ^b   Oxenham, David ^a  

^a Marie Curie Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84939792785     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000338     Document Type: Article

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