Development of an interactive computer program for advance care planning

Health Expectations

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-69

  Green, Michael J ^a   Levi, Benjamin H ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Computer assisted instruction; Decision aids; Decision making; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROXY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 61449189718     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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