Completion of advance directives by older health maintenance organization members: The role of attitudes and beliefs regarding life-sustaining treatment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 300-306

  Beck, Arne ^a,c   Brown, Jonathan ^b   Boles, Myde ^b   Barrett, Paul ^a  

^a CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives completion; End of life care; Patient attitudes and beliefs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036166336     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50062.x     Document Type: Article

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