End-of-life decisions in Australian medical practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 191-196

  Kuhse, Helga ^a   Singer, Peter ^a   Baume, Peter ^b   Clark, Malcolm ^a   Rickard, Maurice ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031054422     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140074.x     Document Type: Article

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