Open AccessAdvance Care Directives for People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Neglected Need
Author(s) -
Ruth Marshall
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1945-5763
pISSN - 1082-0744
DOI - 10.1310/sci1303-45
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , quality of life (healthcare) , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , spinal cord , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medical emergency , nursing , psychiatry
Advance care directives are rarely used by people with chronic spinal cord injury, but they could be used more often to protect not only against unwanted treatments but to ensure that desired treatment occurs, particularly as there may be differing perceptions regarding quality of life between the patient and those providing acute care.Ruth Marshal
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