Journal article
What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Initiatives to improve end-of-life care are hampered by our nascent understanding of what quality care means to patients and their families. The primary purpose of this study was to describe what seriously ill patients in hospital and their family members consider to be the key elements of quality end-of-life care.
METHODS: After deriving a list of 28 elements related to quality end-of-life care from existing literature, focus …
Authors
Heyland DK; Dodek P; Rocker G; Groll D; Gafni A; Pichora D; Shortt S; Tranmer J; Lazar N; Kutsogiannis J
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 174, No. 5, pp. 627–633
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
February 28, 2006
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.050626
ISSN
0820-3946