La Belle Mort en Milieu rural: A report of an ethnographic study of the good death for Quebec rural francophones

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Veillette, Anne Marie ^d   Fillion, Lise ^a   Wilson, Donna M ^b   Thomas, Roger ^c   Dumont, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Culture; End of life care; Ethnography; Good death; Palliative care; Quality of life; Research; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957876297     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971002600304     Document Type: Article

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