Are existential questions the norm for terminally ill patients?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 815-817

  Fife, Richard B ^a  

^a VITAS Healthcare Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPICE; HUMAN; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0036941198     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10966210260498998     Document Type: Editorial

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