title: Care at the time of death.
authors.affiliation: Hospice Institute, Hospice of the Western Reserve, 200 East 185th Street, Cleveland, OH 44119, USA. epitorak@hospicewr.org
authors.forename: Elizabeth Ford
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Pitorak
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005655:Funeral Rites; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012944:Social Support; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors