Predictors of do not resuscitate orders in the nursing home

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-21

  Messinger Rapport, Barbara J ^a,b   Kamel, Hosam K ^c,d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St Joseph's Mercy Health Center Hot Springs   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Aged; Do not resuscitate; Ethnicity; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17844375092     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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