"Card sorting": A tool for research in ethics on treatment decision-making at the end of life in Alzheimer patients with a life threatening complication

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pazart, Lionel ^a   Vidal, Chrystelle ^a   Chalon, Didier Faivre ^a   Gauthier, Sophie ^b   Schepens, Florent ^c   Cretin, Elodie ^a,e   Beal, Jean Louis ^d   Pfitzenmeyer, Pierre ^b   Aubry, Régis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b Hôpital de Champmaillot   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d Palliative Care Centre   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRANCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 79952101778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-10-4     Document Type: Article

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