Advance directives and proxies' predictions about patients' treatment preferences

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-109

  Barrio Cantalejo, Inés Maria ^a   Molina Ruiz, Adoración ^b   Simón Lorda, Pablo ^c   Cámara Medina, Carmen ^a   López, Isabel Toral ^a   del Águila, Maria del Mar Rodríguez ^d   Bailón Gómez, Rosa Maria ^a  

^a Health District Granada   (Spain)

^b FIBAO   (Spain)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Andalusia; Nursing ethics; Proxy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROXY; SPAIN;

EID: 62349123919     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733008097995     Document Type: Article

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