Knowledge and perceptions in advance care planning

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-106

  Porensky, Emily K ^a   Carpenter, Brian D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849041739     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307309963     Document Type: Article

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