Exploring attitudes toward advance care directives in two diverse settings

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1427-1432

  Cohen, Marya J ^a   McCannon, Jessica B ^a   Edgman Levitan, Susan ^a   Kormos, William A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONFUSION; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; ROLE PLAYING; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CAMBODIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650404810     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0200     Document Type: Article

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