Does preparedness planning improve attitudes and completion of advance directives in patients with symptomatic heart failure?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1316-1320

  Evangelista, Lorraine S ^a   Motie, Marjan ^a   Lombardo, Dawn ^b   Ballard Hernandez, Jennifer ^c   Malik, Shaista ^b   Liao, Solomon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ATTITUDE SURVEY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84870586786     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0228     Document Type: Article

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