National survey of medical decisions at end of life made by New Zealand general practitioners

BMJ

Volumn 327, Issue 7408, 2003, Pages 202-203

  Mitchell, Kay ^a   Owens, R Glynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0042170149     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7408.202     Document Type: Article

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