End-of-life practices in palliative care: A cross sectional survey of physician members of the German Society for Palliative Medicine

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 820-827

  Schildmann, Jan ^a   Hoetzel, Julia ^a   Mueller Busch, Christof ^b   Vollmann, Jochen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life decision; Germany; medical ethics; palliative care; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650293331     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310381663     Document Type: Article

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