Who is not comfortable with the term “palliative care”—patient, family, or surgeon?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 2032-2033

  Nakagawa, Shunichi ^a   Hua, May ^a   Takayama, Hiroo ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT REFERRAL;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGEONS;

EID: 85041586221     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.01.004     Document Type: Editorial

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