Suicidal ideation and the choice of advance directives by elderly persons with affective disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1447-1449

  Lifton, I ^a   Kettl, P A ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEPRESSION, INVOLUTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033783802     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.11.1447     Document Type: Article

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