Attitudes, values, beliefs, and practices surrounding end-of-life care in selected Kansas communities

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 401-406

  Felt, Diane Heilman ^a   Early, James L ^b   Welk, Thomas A ^c  

^a Sheba Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c Hospice Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL VALUES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034334224     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910001700611     Document Type: Article

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