"We Haven't Got a Prayer" (Or Much of Anything Else for That Matter)

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 396-397

  Sean Morrison, R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LIVING WILL; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; WORK EXPERIENCE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PASTORAL CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84930000062     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.1026     Document Type: Editorial

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