Palliative medicine: Providing care when cure is not possible- A roundtable discussion: Part 1

Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 33-44

  Butler, Robert N ^a,b   Burt, Robert ^c   Foley, Kathleen M ^d   Morris, Jane ^a   Sean Morrison, R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Intl Longevity Center (US)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030136707     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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