How strictly should advance decisions be followed? The patients' opinion

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 675-676

  Jox, Ralf J ^a   Krebs, M ^a   Bickhardt, J ^b   Hessdorfer K ^c   Roller, S ^d   Borasio, G D ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Erding Hospice Group   (Germany)

^c Chistophorus Hospice Group   (Germany)

^d Palliative Care Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COURT; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAWYER; LETTER; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 49149119230     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308089303     Document Type: Letter

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