End-of-life care in Turkey

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-284

  Yasemin Oguz, N ^a   Miles, Steven H ^b   Buken, Nuket ^c   Civaner, Murat ^d  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DYING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 0038118112     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180103123109     Document Type: Review

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