The impact of communication, attitudes, and acculturation on advance directives decision-making

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-364

  Wittenberg Lyles, Elaine ^a   Villagran, Melinda M ^b   Hajek, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Advance directives decision making; Attitudes; Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650468803     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313200802467874     Document Type: Article

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