title: Management of the dying elderly patient.
abstract: The relative merits of the hospice, palliative care units, and geriatrics departments as settings for management of the dying patient are considered.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics; D006738:Hospices; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D010166:Palliative Care; D013727:Terminal Care