Dying with dignity: The good patient versus the good death

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-120

  Proulx, Kathryn ^a   Jacelon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Death with dignity; End of life care; Hospice; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGING; DYING; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (OREGON); DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (OREGON);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OREGON; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342439430     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910402100209     Document Type: Review

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