Decisions at the end of life: Have we come of age?

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Emanuel, Linda ^a   Scandrett, Karen G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; EXISTENTIALISM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EXISTENTIALISM; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77957596296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-57     Document Type: Note

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