Sir William Osler: Humanistic thanatologist

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-258

  Golden, Richard L ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2190/Q16P-KLJX-AC21-DDVP     Document Type: Article

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