Perceptions of a Good Death Among German Medical Students

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 307-315

  Meffert, Cornelia ^a   Stößel, Ulrich ^b   Körner, Mirjam ^b   Becker, Gerhild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84928205946     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.951496     Document Type: Article

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