Open AccessEnd-of-Life Transitions among Nursing Home Residents with Cognitive Issues
Author(s) -
Pedro Gozalo,
Joan M. Teno,
Susan L. Mitchell,
Jonathan R. Skinner,
Julie Bynum,
Denise Tyler,
Vincent Mor
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmsa1100347
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing homes , gerontology , cognition , nursing , dementia , medline , psychiatry , disease , political science , law
Health care transitions in the last months of life can be burdensome and potentially of limited clinical benefit for patients with advanced cognitive and functional impairment.
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