The patient self-determination act: Has it reached the end of its life?

JONA's Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 125-131

  Kring, Daria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 36649025726     PISSN: 15209229     EISSN: 1530073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHL.0000300767.91800.17     Document Type: Article

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