Institutional policies, professional practices, and the discourse of end-of-life discussions in American medicine

Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-271

  Barton, Ellen ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; End of life care; End of life discussion; Medical communication; Medical discourse; Medical futility

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749131269     PISSN: 14797887     EISSN: 17431743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/japl.v2i3.253     Document Type: Article

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