A case for education in palliative and end-of-life care in emergency medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-183

  Gisondi, Michael A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 59949101879     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00329.x     Document Type: Note

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