"Last orders": Dying in a hospital setting

Australian Social Work

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-265

  Pockett, Rosalie ^a   Walker, Eileen ^b   Dave, Kashmira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced Care Planning; CPR Orders; End of Life Decision Making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955797138     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.497928     Document Type: Review

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