Survival predictions may hasten death [2]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7422, 2003, Pages 1048-1049

  Benor, Daniel J ^a  

^a Intl Jnl Healing Caring On Line   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HEALING; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSSELMAN PHENOMENON; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SURVIVAL;

DEATH; FORECASTING; HUMANS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0242351896     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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