Advance directives among hospitalized patients with heart failure

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-121

  Butler, Javed ^a   Binney, Zachary ^b   Kalogeropoulos, Andreas ^b   Owen, Melissa ^c   Clevenger, Carolyn ^c   Gunter, Debbie ^b   Georgiopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Quest, Tammie ^b,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; GEORGIA; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COUNSELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84959935664     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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