Advance directive communication practices: Social workers' contributions to the interdisciplinary health care team

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 39-55

  Black, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Hospitalized patients; Interdisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; TEAMWORK; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 19444364122     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v40n03_03     Document Type: Article

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