The HIV-specific advance directive

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 729-735

  Singer, Peter A ^a,b,c,g   Thiel, Elaine C ^d   Salit, Irving ^b,c   Flanagan, William ^e,f   Naylor, C David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d Ontario Canada   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f AIDS Committee of Toronto   (Canada)

^g NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life; Ethics; Human immunodeficiency virus; Living wills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; VENTILATOR;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE;

EID: 0031464679     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07157.x     Document Type: Article

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