Prevalence of use of advance directives, health care proxy, legal guardian, and living will in 512 patients hospitalized in a cardiac care unit/intensive care unit in 2 community hospitals

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-191

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^b   Alexa, Margelusa ^a   Gothwal, Ritu ^a   Jesmajian, Stephen ^a,b   Bhushan, Bharat ^c,d   Gaba, Praveen ^c,d   Catevenis, James ^c,d  

^a Sound Shore Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Prince George's Hospital Center ^*

^d Prince Georges Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Health care proxy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77951962778     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.13892     Document Type: Article

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