Is there hope, doctor?

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Husebø, Stein ^a  

^a Bergen Roede Kors Sykehjem   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINALLY ILL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032020523     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585979801400108     Document Type: Review

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