Living, dying and the nature of death

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1079-1081

  Heath, Iona ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

death; dying; harm; literature; medicine; philosophy; poetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DYING; HUMAN; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SCIENCE; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; TERMINALLY ILL; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 84866714602     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01921.x     Document Type: Article

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