End-of-life care in Medical Textbooks

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-86

  Canon, Annette T ^a   Joanne Lynn, D O ^a   Keaney, Patrick ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032910348     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-1-199901050-00037     Document Type: Article

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