Brief report: Identifying a proxy for health care as part of routine medical inquiry

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1188-1191

  Lipkin, K Michael ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Decision making; Physician patient relations; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROXY;

EID: 33749417613     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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