Advance directives in oncology: Are they useful?

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 431-433

  Grennan, Tim ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Combined directive; Communication; Living will

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4344644500     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03040931     Document Type: Review

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