Advance Care Planning: Does Patient Gender Make a Difference?

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Perkins, Henry S ^a   Cortez, Josie D ^b   Hazuda, Helen P ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b Intercultural Development Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Attitude to death; Cross cultural comparisons; Gender; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0346374653     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200401000-00006     Document Type: Article

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