End-of-life conversations: Evolving practice and theory

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1573-1578

  Larson, Dale G ^b   Tobin, Daniel R ^a  

^a VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; THEORY;

EID: 0034721395     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.12.1573     Document Type: Review

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