Good enough death: Autonomy and choice in Australian palliative care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 929-938

  McNamara, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Good enough death; Hospice movement; Palliative care; Patient autonomy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE;

AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SOCIETY; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0346461585     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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