Patient knowledge and physician predictions of treatment preferences after discussion of advance directives
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Relationship of advance directives to physician-patient communication.
BACKGROUND Although advance medical directives, such as living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, are by themselves imperfect instruments for expressing patients' treatment preferences, a possible benefit of these documents is that they will enhance patient-physician communication, especially when end-of-life treatment decisions have to be made. METHOD Structured interviews...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00133.x