Family perspectives on end-of-life care at the last place of care

Over the past century, nursing homes and hospitals increasingly have become the site of death, yet no national studies have examined the adequacy or quality of end-of-life care in institutional settings compared with deaths at home. To evaluate the US dying experience at home and in institutional se...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 291; no. 1; p. 88
Main Authors:	Teno, Joan M, Clarridge, Brian R, Casey, Virginia, Welch, Lisa C, Wetle, Terrie, Shield, Renee, Mor, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 07.01.2004
Subjects:	Aged Chronic Disease - mortality Episode of Care Family - psychology Female Health Care Surveys Home Care Services - standards Home Care Services - utilization Home Nursing - standards Home Nursing - utilization Hospice Care - standards Hospice Care - utilization Hospitalization Hospitals - standards Hospitals - utilization Humans Institutionalization Male Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data Terminal Care - organization & administration Terminal Care - psychology Terminal Care - standards United States United States Empirical Approach Death and Euthanasia
ISSN:	1538-3598, 1538-3598
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