Physician perspectives and compliance with patient advance directives: The role external factors play on physician decision making

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Burkle, Christopher M ^a   Mueller, Paul S ^a   Swetz, Keith M ^a   Hook, C Christopher ^a   Keegan, Mark T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directive; Patient preference; Physician decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869213434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-31     Document Type: Review

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