The accuracy of substituted judgments in patients with terminal diagnoses

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 621-629

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a   Terry, Peter B ^b   Weisman, Carol S ^c   Miller, Deborah J ^d   Stallings, Rebecca Y ^e   Vettese, Margaret A ^d   Haller, Karen B ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0032522694     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00002     Document Type: Article

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