When previously expressed wishes conflict with best interests

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1241-1245

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,c   Lo, Bernard ^b,d   Sudore, Rebecca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Greenwall Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBIVALENCE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84879999194     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6053     Document Type: Review

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