Questioning care at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-520

  Ruopp, Patricia ^a   Good, Mary Jo Delvecchio ^b   Lakoma, Matthew ^b   Gadmer, Nina M ^b   Arnold, Robert M ^b   Block, Susan D ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21444450959     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.510     Document Type: Article

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