The psychologist's role in assessing and facilitating patients' knowledge of advance directives in medical settings: A preliminary investigation

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Johnson Greene, Doug ^a,b   Anderson, Cheryl M ^b   Adams, Kenneth M ^a,b   Buchtel, Henry A ^a,b   Miller, Todd ^b   Dehring, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health choices; Illness; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044461177     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01996131     Document Type: Article

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