A "good death": Perspectives of Muslim patients and health care providers

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Tayeb, Mohamad A ^a   Al Zamel, Ersan ^a   Fareed, Muhammed M ^a   Abouellail, Hesham A ^a  

^a Hematology and Oncology Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEATH; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952309256     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.62836     Document Type: Review

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