End-of-life Issues - Preferences and Choices of a Group of Elderly Chinese Subjects Attending a Day Care Centre in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Low, James A ^a   Ng, W C ^b   Yap, K B ^b   Chan, K M ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Advanced Medical Directive; Communication; Decision making; Living will; Supportive measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033643353     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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