Care of patients nearing death: Another view

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 551-553

  Finucane, Thomas E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life care; Ethics; Pain; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

DYING; EUTHANASIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; DEATH; HUMANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036125039     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50125.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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