Illuminating the path: What literature can teach doctors about death and dying

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 521-526

  Killick, Andrea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 74249094416     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895150999054X     Document Type: Article

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