Resuscitating advance directives

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1501-1506

  Lo, Bernard ^a,c   Steinbrook, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b New England Journal of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTODY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROXY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242784738     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.14.1501     Document Type: Review

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