Implementing a death with dignity program at a comprehensive cancer center

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1417-1424

  Loggers, Elizabeth Trice ^a,b,c,d   Starks, Helene ^d   Shannon Dudley, Moreen ^c   Back, Anthony L ^c,d   Appelbaum, Frederick R ^a,c,d   Stewart, F Marc ^a,c,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECOBARBITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; DEATH; DEATH WITH DIGNITY PROGRAM; DISABILITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875955848     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1213398     Document Type: Article

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