Honoring treatment preferences near the end of life: The Oregon Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 255-262

  Schmidt, Terri A ^a   Hickman, Susan E ^a   Tolle, Susan W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LETHALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MICROCLIMATE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842554866     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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