Difficult end-of-life treatment decisions: Do other factors trump advance directives?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1531-1533

  Hardin, Steven B ^a,b   Yusufaly, Yasmin A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LIVING WILL; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENT; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FRIENDS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242749686     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.14.1531     Document Type: Article

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