The use of advance directives in end-of-life decision making: Problems and possibilities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Fagerlin, Angela ^a   Ditto, Peter H ^b   Hawkins, Nikki Ayers ^b   Schneider, Carl E ^a   Smucker, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 0038047597     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000276402236678     Document Type: Review

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