Preferences for different life-sustaining treatments among elderly persons in Israel

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Carmel, Sara ^a   Mutran, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030899053     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/52B.2.S97     Document Type: Article

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