End-of-life care for people dying with dementia in general practice in Belgium, Italy and Spain: A cross-sectional, retrospective study

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1667-1676

  Penders, Yolanda W H ^a   Albers, Gwenda ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Miccinesi, Guido ^c   Vega Alonso, Tomás ^d   Miralles, Maite ^e   Moreels, Sarah ^f   Van den Block, Lieve ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^d Castile and León   (Spain)

^e Direccion General de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dementia; end of life; international perspectives; primary care; public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SUDDEN DEATH; TERMINAL CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85008512375     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12948     Document Type: Article

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