End-of-life care for older rural people: just being there
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End-of-life care for older adults.
Caring for elderly patients and their families at the end of life gives physicians the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the lives of others. By expanding our clinical expertise beyond the arena of cure and the preservation of life, we can discover new ways to encounter our patients as full human beings and to share a profound life passage that many of us might otherwise ignore. The sk...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sites: a journal of social anthropology and cultural studies
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1179-0237
DOI: 10.11157/sites-vol7iss2id131