Not that way: Advance care planning

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-22

  How, Choon How ^a   Koh, Lip Hoe ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Advance Care Planning; Advance directive; Living matters; Living will

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SINGAPORE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING WILL; PROCEDURES; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84921754878     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015005     Document Type: Article

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