POLST offers next stage in honoring patient preferences

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Meier, Diane E ^a,b   Beresford, Larry ^c,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute   (United States)

^c Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Catherine Gaisman ^*

^d Center to Advance Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN;

HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 63449089653     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.9648     Document Type: Article

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