Advance care planning in long-term care facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-108

  Cantor, Michael D ^a   Pearlman, Robert A ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037341958     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70284-4     Document Type: Article

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