The Patient Self-Determination Act and advance directives: snapshots of activities in a tertiary health care center.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D016223:Advance Directives; D000367:Age Factors; D003657:Decision Making; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005190:Family; D006761:Hospitals; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016224:Living Wills; D008499:Medical Records; D016743:Mental Competency; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D009017:Morbidity; D010166:Palliative Care; D005791:Patient Care; D010820:Physicians; D011379:Prognosis; D012015:Reference Standards; D012067:Religion; D016414:Resuscitation Orders; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019452:Terminally Ill; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia; Empirical Approach; Professional Patient Relationship