Ethical issues in palliative care. Views of patients, families, and nonphysician staff

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue DEC., 2003, Pages 1626-1631

  Towers, Anna ^a   MacDonald, Neil ^b   Wallace, Ellen ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTEER;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

COMMUNICATION; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLICY MAKING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0347526090     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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