The lived experience of physicians dealing with patient death

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-276

  Whitehead, Paul Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Practitioner Renewal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906732692     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000326     Document Type: Article

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