False expectations? Expectations vs. probabilities for dying

Omega

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-185

  Smith, Carolyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONTROL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; HEMLOCK SOCIETY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEMLOCK SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; LIVING WILLS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034592971     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/2XY4-YT1H-U794-R29U     Document Type: Review

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