title: Patients don't consider end-stage medical conditions the same as being permanently unconscious when they fill out a living will.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. kmanippo@conemaugh.org
authors.forename: Kelli M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Manippo
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: DePriest
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D016224:Living Wills; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014474:Unconsciousness; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult