Supporting Patient Autonomy: Decision Making in Home Health Care

Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-50

  Davitt, Joan K ^a   Kaye, Lenard W ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Ethics; Home health care; Law; Patient rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HOME CARE AGENCIES; INTERVIEWS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029685451     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/41.1.41     Document Type: Article

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