The influence of default options on the expression of end-of-life treatment preferences in advance directives

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1007-1010

  Kressel, Laura M ^a   Chapman, Gretchen B ^b   Leventhal, Elaine ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Defaults; End of life preferences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34249947460     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0204-6     Document Type: Article

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