Wishes regarding the use of life-sustaining treatments among elderly persons in Israel: An explanatory model

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1715-1727

  Carmel, Sara ^a   Mutran, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear of death; Fear of dying; Life sustaining treatments; Religiosity; Will to live

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FEAR; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; ISRAEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030856902     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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