Avoiding a "death panel" redux

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 20-28

  Piemonte, Nicole M ^a   Hermer, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COMMUNICATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880289341     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.190     Document Type: Article

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