Caring for the dying: Why is it so hard for physicians?

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 284-285

  Rousseau, P ^a,b  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTA Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034797149     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.175.4.284     Document Type: Short Survey

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1. The losses and suffering of terminal illness
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