An educational intervention for advance directives

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-30

  Murphy, Catherine P ^a   Sweeney, Mary Anne ^b   Chiriboga, David ^c,d,e  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing   (United States)

^c School of Allied Health Sciences

^d West Indies

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Computer education; End of life decisions; Multimedia CD ROM education for the elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; TEACHING;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0033630203     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(00)80008-3     Document Type: Article

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