Proxy healthcare decision-making for persons with intellectual disability: Perspectives of residential-agency directors

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 401-410

  Fisher, Kathleen M ^a   Orkin, Fredrick K ^b   Green, Michael J ^b   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^b   Bhattacharya, Anand ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROXY; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 75849160011     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-114.6.401     Document Type: Article

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