Research agenda or (North) American cultural hegemony?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2024-2025

  Prendergast, T ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Intensive care units; Physician patient relations; Terminal care; Truth disclosure

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034770297     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200110000-00030     Document Type: Editorial

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