Palliative care in non-oncologic patients;Cuidados paliativos en pacientes no oncológicos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 297-298

  Benítez Rosario, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0141504954     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13050708     Document Type: Editorial

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