The Construction of Dying as a Process: the Management of Health Professionals at the End of Life
The aim of this paper is to analyze how professionals of palliative care –a branch of medicine specialized in the care of dying patients– define, plan and disclose the “terminal” status of patients with advanced cancer diseases. The article is based on ethnographic observations and interviews with p...
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Universitas Humanística |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/3645/3190 |