The unpredictable death - The last year of life for patients with advanced COPD: Relatives' stories

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1213-1222

  Ek, Kristina ^a   Andershed, Birgitta ^b,c   Sahlberg Blom, Eva ^d   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Dying and death; End of life; Oxygen therapy; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPLICATION; COUGH; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COUGH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84944159938     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951514001151     Document Type: Article

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