Stability of preferences for end-of-life treatment after 3 years of follow-up: The Johns Hopkins precursors study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2125-2130

  Wittink, Marsha N ^a   Morales, Knashawn H ^a   Meoni, Lucy A ^b,c   Ford, Daniel E ^b,c   Wang, Nae Yuh ^b,c   Klag, Michael J ^b,c   Gallo, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHORT FORM 36; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 54949117937     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.19.2125     Document Type: Article

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