Barriers to completion of healthcare proxy forms: A qualitative analysis of ethnic differences

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-126

  Morrison, R Sean ^a   Zayas, Luis H ^b   Mulvihill, Michael ^c   Baskin, Shari A ^a   Meier, Diane E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; NEW YORK CITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032086620     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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