Family beliefs about end-of-life decisions: An interpersonal perspective

Death Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 567-594

  Leichtentritt, Ronit D ^a   Rettig, Kathryn D ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ISRAEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0036720631     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811802760191717     Document Type: Article

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