Communication About Advance Directives and End-of-Life Care Options Among Internal Medicine Residents

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 262-268

  Rhodes, Ramona L ^a   Tindall, Kate ^b   Xuan, Lei ^a   Paulk, M Elizabeth ^b   Halm, Ethan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; hospice; internal medicine residents; medical education; palliative care; patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84927557707     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: 19382715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113517163     Document Type: Article

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