Attitudes toward life-sustaining treatment of older persons in Hong Kong

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1232-1236

  Hui, Elsie ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Tsang, June ^a   Lee, S H ^b   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0030884719     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03776.x     Document Type: Article

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