Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 591-604 , March 2010

Factors Associated with Congruence Between Preferred and Actual Place of Death

  • Christina L. Bell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Christina L. Bell, MD, 347 N. Kuakini Street, HPM 9, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA.
    • ,
  • Emese Somogyi-Zalud, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    • ,
  • Kamal H. Masaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

,Accepted 30 July 2009.

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 This research was supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatrics, University of Hawaii; and Research Centers in Minority Institutions award 1 R25 RR019321 from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0885-3924(09)01137-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.007

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 591-604 , March 2010

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