General practitioners' beliefs and attitudes about how to respond to death and bereavement: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7205, 1999, Pages 293-296

  Saunderson, Eric M ^a   Ridsdale, Leocone ^b  

^a North Street Medical Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; HUMANS; LONDON; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 0033620926     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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