Advance directives and emergency department patients: Ownership rates and perceptions of use

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 586-592

  Taylor, D McD ^a   Ugoni, A M ^b   Cameron, P A ^a,d   McNeil, J J ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; Living wills; Power of attorney; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1642553330     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2003.00423.x     Document Type: Review

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