Ethical and legal issues in palliative care

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 391-400

  Rousseau, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034932501     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70029-4     Document Type: Article

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