Caring well for the families of our patients

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1420-1422

  Byock, Ira ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ^*

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36348952506     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1333     Document Type: Editorial

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