Advance care planning and end-of-life decision making

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-166

  Kwak, Jung ^a   Allen, Jessica Y ^a   Haley, William E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEFIBRILLATOR; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 84870882740     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: 19444036     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.31.143     Document Type: Article

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