Advance directives: From the perspective of the patient and the physician

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 568-570

  Johnson, Sarah Coate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029910985     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608901008     Document Type: Article

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