End-of-Life Decision Making: A Preliminary Outline for Preparing Counselors to Work With Terminally Ill Individuals

The Family Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-390

  Duba, Jill D ^a   Magenta, Mary ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced directives; dying; end of life care; ethics; euthanasia; terminally ill

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249101018     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480708323083     Document Type: Article

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