Improvements in advance care planning in the Veterans Affairs System: Results of a multifaceted intervention

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 667-674

  Pearlman, Robert A ^a,c   Starks, Helene ^a   Cain, Kevin C ^a   Cole, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WORKER;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 15344349839     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.6.667     Document Type: Article

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