Advance care planning and hospice enrollment: Who really makes the decision to enroll?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 519-523

  Hirschman, Karen B ^a   Corcoran, Amy M ^a,c   Straton, Joseph B ^a,c   Kapo, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIALYSIS; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL WORKER; TUBE FEEDING;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952853236     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0370     Document Type: Article

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