Dying at home: Cultural and religious preferences [3]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1917-1918

  Boussarsar, Mohamed ^a   Bouchoucha, Slaheddine ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CULTURAL VALUE; DEATH; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOME; HOSPICE CARE; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; MOSLEM; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ISLAM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750206354     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0370-8     Document Type: Letter

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