General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 141-146, March 2010

Quality of end-of-life care for dementia patients during acute hospital admission: a retrospective study in Ireland

  • Neelam Afzal, M.R.C.Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland
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  • Kurt Buhagiar, M.R.C.Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, NW3 2PF London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, NW3 2PF London, UK. Tel.: +44 0 20 7794 0500; fax: +44 0 20 7830 2808.
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  • Joanne Flood, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland
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  • Mary Cosgrave, M.R.C.Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland

Received 19 August 2009; accepted 13 October 2009. published online 13 November 2009.

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PII: S0163-8343(09)00222-9

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.10.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 141-146, March 2010