The next era of palliative care

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1565-1566

  Schenker, Yael ^a   Arnold, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FAMILY HEALTH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84944538804     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.11217     Document Type: Note

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