Reasons for noncompletion of advance directives in a cardiac intensive care unit

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-320

  Johnson, Rebecca W ^a   Zhao, Yanfang ^b   Kristin Newby, L ^c   Granger, Christopher B ^c   Granger, Bradi B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELF-DETERMINATION ACT; PROXY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865980896     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012394     Document Type: Article

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