Cultural diversity: Family path through terminal illness

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 62-65

  Baider, L ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cultural diversity; Family; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; JEW; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; JEWS; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861722232     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds090     Document Type: Conference Paper

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