Towards a good death: The impact of the care of the dying pathway in an acute stroke unit [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-626

  Jack, Cathy ^a   Jones, Lynne ^a   Jack, Barbara A ^b   Gambles, Maureen ^c   Murphy, Deborah ^a   Ellershaw, John E ^a,c  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^c Marie Curie Centre Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 8644284945     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh194     Document Type: Letter

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