What is wrong with end-of-life care? Opinions of bereaved family members

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1339-1344

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Danis, Marion ^a   Garrett, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0030664012     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02933.x     Document Type: Article

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