title: Palliative Care: prognostication and the chronically ill: methods you need to know as chronic disease progresses in older adults.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing, Worcester, USA. mmatzo@gsinet.net
authors.forename: Marianne L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Matzo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012720:Severity of Illness Index