Meeting the challenges of achieving a 'Good Death'

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 215-223

  Charlton, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HOLISTIC CARE; HOME CARE; HONESTY; HONG KONG; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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