Risk communication and older people - Understanding of probability and risk information by medical inpatients aged 75 years and older

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 473-476

  Fuller, Richard ^a   Dudley, Nigel ^b   Blacktop, Jon ^c  

^a HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Probability; Risk; Understanding; Visual data

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 0035690230     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.6.473     Document Type: Article

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