Effect of cognitive impairment and premorbid intelligence on treatment preferences for life-sustaining medical therapy

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1009-1011

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Hope, Tony ^a   Jacoby, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0034130732     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.6.1009     Document Type: Article

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