Timing of POLST Form Completion by Cause of Death

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 650-658

  Zive, Dana M ^a   Fromme, Erik K ^b   Schmidt, Terri A ^b   Cook, Jennifer N B ^b   Tolle, Susan W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; illness trajectories; POLST; timing of completion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; INFANT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PHYSICIANS; REGISTRIES; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945478754     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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