'No control whatsoever': End-of-life care on a medical teaching unit from the perspective of family members

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 433-440

  Workman, S ^a   Mann, O E ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 34447341698     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm042     Document Type: Article

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