Life-sustaining treatments during terminal illness - Who wants what?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 361-368

  Garrett, Joanne Mills ^a   Harris, Russell P ^a   Norburn, Jean K ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^b   Danis, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

life sustaining treatment; living will; patient preferences; terminal illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TUBE FEEDING;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALES; MALES; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY; VENTILATORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0027247752     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02600073     Document Type: Article

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