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Living in uncertain times: trajectories to death in residential care homes

BACKGROUND: Older people living in care homes often have limited life expectancy. Practitioners and policymakers are increasingly questioning the appropriateness of many acute hospital admissions and the quality of end-of-life care provided in care homes. AIM: To describe care home residents’ trajec...

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Autores principales: Barclay, Stephen, Froggatt, Katherine, Crang, Clare, Mathie, Elspeth, Handley, Melanie, Iliffe, Steve, Manthorpe, Jill, Gage, Heather, Goodman, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25179072
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14X681397