Quality of life to the end

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Finlay, Ilora G ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Physician patient relationship; Quality of life; Quality of life measures; Withdrawing treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 27344457142     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/come.2005.2.1.91     Document Type: Article

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