Cultural differences at the end of life

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Levin, Phillip D ^a   Sprung, Charles L ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DYING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037568181     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000065275.30220.d2     Document Type: Review

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