Garnering support for advance care planning

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-270

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Drickamer, Margaret ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 74549124952     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1956     Document Type: Note

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