Advance directives and support

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-520

  Fins, Joseph J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESUSCITATION; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; CONTROL GROUPS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0031116371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05181.x     Document Type: Editorial

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