Spotlight: Palliative care beyond cancer: Spiritual dimensions of dying in pluralist societies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7774, 2010, Pages 659-662

  Grant, Liz ^a   Murray, Scott A ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DYING; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77957111152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4859     Document Type: Review

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