Dying as a social relationship: A sociological review of debates on the determination of death

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1533-1544

  Kellehear, Allan ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain death; Culture; Dying; End of life care; Review; Social factors

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL VALUES; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 43049162529     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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