Advance Directives

Hospital Medicine Clinics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Breu, Anthony ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directive; End of life; Health care proxy; Living will

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CUSTODY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84860997948     PISSN: 22115943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehmc.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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