Surrogate and physician understanding of patients' preferences for living permanently in a nursing home

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 818-824

  Mattimore, Thomas J ^a,g   Wenger, Neil S ^a   Desbiens, Norman A ^b   Teno, Joan M ^c   Hamel, Mary Beth ^d   Liu, Honghu ^a   Califf, Robert ^e   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^f   Lynn, Joanne ^c   Oye, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0030757006     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01508.x     Document Type: Article

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