Promoting advance directives among elderly primary care patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 944-951

  Wissow, Lawrence S ^a,d,e   Belote, Amy ^a   Kramer, Wade ^b   Compton Phillips, Amy ^c   Kritzler, Robert ^c   Weiner, Jonathan P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Kaiser Found Hlth Plan Mid Atl S   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Elderly; Ethnicity; Income; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4544377576     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30117.x     Document Type: Article

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