The ceaseless pursuit of triumph over death in life

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-98

  Watkins, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CROWDING; DEATH; DYING; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LIFE; LIFESPAN; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TRAINING; WORK;

EID: 0037365338     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-2-97     Document Type: Editorial

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