The neurologist and the dying patient

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 598-599

  Bernat, James L ^a   Goldstein, Michael L ^a   Viste, Kenneth M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NEUROLOGY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0030097094     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.3.598     Document Type: Editorial

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