title: Death in a country practice.
abstract: In a rural dispensing practice 99 deaths occurred between 1984-87. There were 66 deaths at home and 33 deaths in institutions. Terminal care was provided at home for 34 patients. The average age at death was higher than the national average.
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Meára
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D012424:Rural Population