Advance directives in Utah: Information from death certificates and informants

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1862-1868

  Jacobson, Jay A ^a,b   Kasworm, Evelyn ^a   Battin, Margaret P ^a   Francis, Leslie P ^a   Green, David ^a   Botkin, Jeffrey ^a   Johnson, Sid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UTAH;

EID: 0029818046     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.16.1862     Document Type: Article

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