Health care professionals' death attitudes, experiences, and advance directive communication behavior

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 563-572

  Black, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; NURSE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; NURSES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34248584968     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701356993     Document Type: Article

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