Relationships between various attitudes towards self-determination in health care with special reference to an advance directive

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-41

  Eisemann, Martin ^a   Richter, Jörg ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advance directive; General population survey; Patient education; Self determination in health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033000513     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.25.1.37     Document Type: Article

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