Knowing patients' preferences for place of death: How possible or desirable?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 566, 2009, Pages 642-643

  Barclay, Stephen ^a,b   Case Upton, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Collab for Leadership in Appl Hlth Res and Care)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PLACE PREFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; GENERAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 70349770112     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X454052     Document Type: Editorial

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