Promoting advance care planning through the National Healthcare Decisions Day initiative

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-26

  Black, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Death and dying; End of life care; Living will

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953670853     PISSN: 15524256     EISSN: 15524264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2010.489220     Document Type: Article

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