Psychological considerations, growth, and transcendence at the end of life: The art of the possible

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 2898-2905

  Block, S D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GRIEF; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0035854050     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.22.2898     Document Type: Review

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