Advance directives: Know what you want, get what you need

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1460-1462

  Cohen, Neal H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; EXPECTATION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36749083428     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.12.1460     Document Type: Editorial

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