Residency training in advance care planning: Can it be done in the outpatient clinic?

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-194

  Alderman, Jeffrey S ^a   Nair, Baishali ^a   Fox, Mark D ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Communication; Resident education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 45549105499     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909108315301     Document Type: Article

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