Discussing Advance Directives under the Patient Self-Determination Act: A Unique Opportunity for Speech-Language Pathologists to Help Persons with Aphasia

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 31-34

  Tippett, Donna C ^a,c   Sugarman, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Aphasia; Medical ethics; Speech language pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030541430     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0502.31     Document Type: Review

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