Health professionals' views on advance directives: A qualitative interdisciplinary study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-409

  Thompson, Trevor D B ^a   Barbour, Rosaline S ^b   Schwartz, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Ethics; Medical; Patient participation; Right to die

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0038690119     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm784oa     Document Type: Article

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