Do terminally ill people who live alone miss out on home oxygen treatment? An hypothesis generating study

INTRODUCTION: Oxygen for refractory dyspnea at the end of life is commonly prescribed, even when the criteria for long-term home oxygen therapy are not met. Is palliative oxygen less likely to be prescribed when a person lives alone at the end of life? METHODS: Three years of consecutively collected...

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Main Authors: Currow, D., Christou, T., Smith, J., Carmody, S., Lewin, Gill, Aoun, Samar, Abernethy, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Publishers 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19637