Advance care planning in primary care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7574, 2006, Pages 868-869

  Murray, Scott A ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Thomas, Keri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b John Taylor Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33750575671     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39009.569861.80     Document Type: Editorial

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