Health care professionals' perceptions and use of the medical orders for scope of treatment (MOST) form in North Carolina nursing homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-168

  Caprio, Anthony J ^a   Rollins, Victoria P ^a   Roberts, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL ORDER FOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856115686     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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