Activists and delegators: Elderly patients' preferences about control at the end of life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 537-545

  Kelner, Merrijoy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

decision making; dying; elderly patients; patient control

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DYING; EDUCATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; RELIGION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AUTONOMY; CANADA; CHRONICALLY ILL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; SURVEY; TORONTO; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0029112077     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00381-3     Document Type: Article

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