Good and Bad Dying from the Perspective of Terminally Ill Men

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 977-981

  Vig, Elizabeth K ^a,b,d   Pearlman, Robert A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Vet Aff P Sound Hlth Care Syst   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 2342524078     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.9.977     Document Type: Review

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