Is home always the best and preferred place of death?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pollock, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLACE OF DEATH; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; WARD; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84947765369     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h4855     Document Type: Article

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