Informal caregivers and the intention to hasten AIDS-related death

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-75

  Cooke, Molly ^a,b,d   Gourlay, Linda ^b   Collette, Linda ^b   Boccellari, Alicia ^c   Chesney, Margaret A ^a,b   Folkman, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG OVERDOSE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FRIENDS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOME CARE; HOMOSEXUALS; INTENTION; MALES; SAN FRANCISCO; SEDATIVES; SURVEY; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FRIENDS; GUILT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTENTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031894908     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.1.69     Document Type: Article

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