Are living wills useful? In search of a new paradigm

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 283-290

  Manthous, Constantine A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LIVING WILL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CONNECTICUT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0038780737     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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