Advance directive discussions: Lost in translation or lost opportunities?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-92

  Fischer, Stacy M ^a   Sauaia, Angela ^b   Min, Sung Joon ^a   Kutner, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; COLORADO; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856243812     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0328     Document Type: Review

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