Barriers that predict resistance to completing a living will

Death Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-82

  Vandecreek, Larry ^a,b   Frankowski, Deborah ^c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; OHIO; SURVEY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0030043823     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481189608253412     Document Type: Article

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