Honoring patient care preferences: Surrogates speak

Omega (United States)

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-280

  Buckey, Julia W ^a   Molina, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84866147660     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.65.4.b     Document Type: Article

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