Clinical decision-making at the end of life: The role of the patient's wish

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-264

  Visser, Adriaan ^a   Van Leeuwen, Anna F ^b   Voogt, Elsbeth ^b   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^b   Van Der Rijt, Karin ^b  

^a HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; End of life care; Patients; Shared decision

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0041666642     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00046-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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