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Physicians' attitudes toward advance directives

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Date Issued:
1997
Summary:
The present study is a replication of a study concerning physicians' attitudes toward advance directives originally studied in 1989. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess whether physicians' attitudes toward advance directives had changed substantially since the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act in 1990. The sample was obtained by mailing questionnaires to 400 physicians on the East central coast of Florida, chosen according to specialty and presumed interaction with advance directives. Questions included demographics information about participants, usage and discussion of advance directives by physicians, and potential barriers to physician-initiated discussions. Results correlated with the original authors'. There were positive associations between attitude and year of graduation, gender, type of practice, size of town physician practiced in, and religion with chi-square testing. Overall results indicated a positive attitude, and a desire for patient autonomy.
Title: Physicians' attitudes toward advance directives.
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Name(s): Herman, Nancy Lynn O'Connell.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Fishman, Sarah, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 1997
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 83 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The present study is a replication of a study concerning physicians' attitudes toward advance directives originally studied in 1989. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess whether physicians' attitudes toward advance directives had changed substantially since the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act in 1990. The sample was obtained by mailing questionnaires to 400 physicians on the East central coast of Florida, chosen according to specialty and presumed interaction with advance directives. Questions included demographics information about participants, usage and discussion of advance directives by physicians, and potential barriers to physician-initiated discussions. Results correlated with the original authors'. There were positive associations between attitude and year of graduation, gender, type of practice, size of town physician practiced in, and religion with chi-square testing. Overall results indicated a positive attitude, and a desire for patient autonomy.
Identifier: 9780591312829 (isbn), 15382 (digitool), FADT15382 (IID), fau:12149 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Subject(s): Right to die
Nurse and patient
Physician and patient
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