Marked improvement in recognition and completion of health care proxies: A randomized controlled trial of counseling by hospital patient representatives

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1227-1232

  Meier, Diane E ^a   Fuss, Barbara R ^a   O'Rourke, Donna ^a   Baskin, Shari A ^a   Lewis, Moshe ^a   Morrison, R Scan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPETENCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES; MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (NEW YORK CITY); NEW YORK; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 0029976705     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.11.1227     Document Type: Article

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