. . . And a time to die: The medicine of old age

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-262

  Dunstan, Edmund ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0029955335     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011540     Document Type: Article

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