Patients' knowledge of options at the end of life: Ignorance in the face of death

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2483-2488

  Silveira, Maria J ^a   DiPiero, Albert ^b   Gerrity, Martha S ^b   Feudtner, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DYING; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0034669685     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.19.2483     Document Type: Article

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