Why is talking about dying such a challenge?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Boyd, Kirsty ^a   Murray, Scott A ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS;

EID: 84902145288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3699     Document Type: Editorial

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