Elderly patients’ understanding of advance directives

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Zronek, Sue ^a   Daly, Barbara ^a   Lee, Hae Ok ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033139696     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1530073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128488-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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