The advance directive prevalence in long-term care: A comparison of relationships between a nurse practitioner healthcare model and a traditional healthcare model

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Lawrence, James F ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Evercare model; Long term care; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349142574     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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