Major depression and refusal of life-sustaining medical treatment in the elderly

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 416-419

  Hooper, Stuart C ^a,d   Vaughan, Kevin J ^a   Tennant, Christopher C ^b   Perz, Janette M ^c  

^a HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT RIGHT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029856179     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138576.x     Document Type: Article

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