Planning for an (un)certain future: Choice within English end-of-life care

Current Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 700-713

  Borgstrom, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; choice; end of life care; England; healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938573813     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392115590084     Document Type: Article

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