Reporting end-of-life practice: Can we trust doctors to be honest?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 673-674

  Draper, H ^a   Ives, Jonathan ^a   Pall, H ^a   Smith, S ^a   Damery, S ^a   Wilson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HONESTY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DECISION MAKING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TRUST; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 71049162951     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309106874     Document Type: Letter

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