The SUPPORT Project and Improving Care for Seriously III Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 275, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1228-1229

  Frank, Robert R ^a   Campbell, Margaret L ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0030599890     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1996.03530400015021     Document Type: Letter

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