Patient preferences and end-of-life care a teachable moment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1087-1088

  Harrison, Wade Nicholson ^a   Dick, John F ^a   Walsh, Thom ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZALUTAMIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DELIRIUM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LIVING WILL; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; CASE REPORT; MALE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84937469221     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1283     Document Type: Note

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