Delirium in palliative care: Detection, documentation and management in three settings

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1541-1545

  Hey, Jennifer ^a   Hosker, Christian ^b   Ward, Jason ^c   Kite, Suzanne ^a   Speechley, Helen ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c St Gemmas Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delirium; Management; Palliative care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELIRIUM; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84949806026     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513000813     Document Type: Article

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