Nebraska veterans' preferences for end-of-life care

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Freeman, Shanna L ^a   Berger, Ann M ^b  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVING WILL; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEBRASKA; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PALLIATIVE CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 77952187878     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.399-403     Document Type: Article

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