The use of living wills at the end of life: A national study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1018-1022

  Hanson, Laura C ^a   Rodgman, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Highway Safety Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVING WILL; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029933151     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.9.1018     Document Type: Article

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