Differences in presenting advance directives in the chart, in the minimum data set, and through the staff's perceptions

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 302-308

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b   Libin, Alexander ^a,c   Lipson, Steven ^a  

^a Hebrew Home of Greater Washington   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And Advance directives; End of life care; Nursing home; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038118689     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.3.302     Document Type: Article

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