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Current End-of-Life Care Needs and Care Practices in Acute Care Hospitals

A descriptive-comparative study was undertaken to examine current end-of-life care needs and practices in hospital. A chart review for all 1,018 persons who died from August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009 in two full-service Canadian hospitals was conducted. Most decedents were elderly (73.8%) and ur...

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Autores principales: Thurston, Amy J., Wilson, Donna M., Hewitt, Jessica A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22315678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/869302