Awareness of do-not-resuscitate orders: What do patients know and want?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Claire ^a   Kolesar, Sharlene ^a   Boyko, Mark ^b   Berkowitz, Jonathan ^c,d   Calam, Betty ^c,e   Collins, Marisa ^c,f  

^a St Georges Medical Clinic   (Canada)

^b University of British Columbia ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UBC Family Practice Residency Program   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Whistler SAFE Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860280218     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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