End-of-life decisions: Family views on advance directives

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-307

  Bernal, Ellen W ^a   Marco, Catherine A ^a,b   Parkins, Sue ^a   Buderer, Nancy ^c   Thum, Sister Dorothy ^d  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c Mission and Values Integration and Mercy Health Partners ^*

^d MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Decisions; End of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHOLICISM; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OHIO; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34548148231     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107302296     Document Type: Article

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