Spirituality and religion in the "art of dying"

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4460-4462

  Ramondetta, Lois M ^a   Sills, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642276739     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.01.109     Document Type: Article

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