End-of-life decision making: A qualitative study of elderly individuals

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 620-625

  Rosenfeld, Kenneth E ^a   Wenger, Neil S ^b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Aged; Decision making; Life sustaining treatment; Physician patient relations; Proxy; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0033775031     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.06289.x     Document Type: Article

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