Engaging homeless persons in end of life preparations

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2031-2045

  Song, John ^a,c   Wall, Melanie M ^b   Ratner, Edward R ^a,c   Bartels, Dianne M ^a,c   Ulvestad, Nancy ^a   Gelberg, Lillian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life; Homelessness; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESPAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 57249094314     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0771-1     Document Type: Article

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