Advance directives in the cardiac care unit

American Heart Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-481

  Kirkpatrick, James N ^a   Guger, Carole J ^b   Arnsdorf, Morton F ^b   Fedson, Savitri E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ONCOLOGY WARD; POWER OF ATTORNEY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547947052     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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