Cover: Do Formal Advance Directives Affect Resuscitation Decisions and the Use of Resources for Seriously Ill Patients?

Do Formal Advance Directives Affect Resuscitation Decisions and the Use of Resources for Seriously Ill Patients?

Published in: Journal of Clinical Ethics, v. 5, no. 1, Spring 1994, p. 23-30

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 1994

by Joan M. Teno, Joanne Lynn, Russell S. Phillips, Donald J. Murphy, Stuart Youngner, Paul Bellamy, Alfred F. Connors, Jr., Norman A. Desbiens, William Fulkerson, William Knaus

The role of advance directives in resuscitation decision making and assessment of seriously ill patients.

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