Views of elderly people on living wills: Interview study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7250, 2000, Pages 1640-1641

  Schiff, Rebekah ^a   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^a   Bulpitt, Christopher ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034679232     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1640     Document Type: Article

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