Talking to the older adult about advance directives

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-254

  Fischer, Gary S ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a   Tulsky, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034081526     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(05)70055-0     Document Type: Article

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