Communication between provider and patient: Values, biography, and empowerment in clinical practice

Ageing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-774

  Clark, Phillip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Biography; Clinical practice; Communication; Empowerment; End of life decision making; Ethics; Quality of life; Self care; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000132137     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x00020079     Document Type: Article

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