Longitudinal changes in attitudes of offspring concerning life- sustaining measures for their terminally ill parents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1337-1341

  Cooper Kazaz, Rena ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^b   Steinberg, Avraham ^c,d   Sonnenblick, Moshe ^c,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; DNR; Life event; Offspring; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NUTRITION; PARENT; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0032738436     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07435.x     Document Type: Article

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