What a wish to die can mean: reasons, meanings and functions of wishes to die, reported from 30 qualitative case studies of terminally ill cancer patients in palliative care

BMC Palliative Care - Tập 13 Số 1 - 2014
Kathrin Ohnsorge1, Heike Gudat1, Christoph Rehmann‐Sutter2
1Hospiz im Park, Hospital for Palliative Care, Stollenrain 12, CH-4144, Arlesheim, Switzerland
2Institute for the History of Medicine and Science Studies, University of Lübeck, Königstrasse 42, D-23552, Lübeck, Germany

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