Discussing religious and spiritual issues at the end of life: A practical guide for physicians

JAMA

Volumn 287, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-754

  Lo, Bernard ^a   Ruston, Delaney ^a   Kates, Laura W ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Cohen, Cynthia B ^c   Faber Langendoen, Kathy ^d   Pantilat, Steven Z ^a   Puchalski, Christina M ^e   Quill, Timothy R ^f   Rabow, Michael W ^a   Schreiber, Simeon ^g   Sulmasy, Daniel P ^h   Tulsky, James A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

EID: 0037070239     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.287.6.749     Document Type: Article

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