Discussing living wills. A qualitative study of a German sample of neurologists and ALS patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Burchardi, Nicole ^a   Rauprich, Oliver ^a   Hecht, Martin ^a   Beck, Marcus ^b   Vollmann, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; End of life; Living wills; Physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 25644433660     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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