Patients' attitudes toward advance directives

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-65

  Douglas, Rebecca ^a,b   Brown, Hazel N ^b,c  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gamma Zeta ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Patient self determination act

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENTS;

EID: 0036366527     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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