End of life is a public health issue

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-220

  Rao, Jaya K ^a   Anderson, Lynda A ^a,b   Smith, Suzanne M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Cultural diversity; Death; Public health; Quality of life; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036804622     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00500-7     Document Type: Article

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