Use of advance directives by health care workers and their families

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Orlander, Jay D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032941692     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199905000-00006     Document Type: Article

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