Regulatory and educational initiatives fail to promote discussions regarding end-of-life care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 168-173

  Shorr, Andrew F ^b   Niven, Alexander S ^b   Katz, David E ^a   Parker, Joseph M ^a   Eliasson, Arn H ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Do not resuscitate orders; Education; End of life care; Patient Self Determination Act

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TRAINING;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034019569     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(00)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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