Reach and impact of a mass media event among vulnerable patients: The Terri Schiavo story

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1854-1857

  Sudore, Rebecca L ^a,b,c   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,b,c   Pantilat, Steven Z ^c   Noyes, Kathryn M ^a,b   Schillinger, Dean ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Health literacy; Mass media; Public health; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEARING; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; READING; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 56749180806     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0733-7     Document Type: Article

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