End-of-life discussions with patients: Timing and truth-telling

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-12

  Gilligan, T ^a   Raffin, T A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTUBATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030051471     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.1.11     Document Type: Editorial

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