Exploring chronically ill seniors' attitudes about discussing death and postmortem medical procedures

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 895-900

  Perkins, Henry S ^a,d   Shepherd, Krysten J ^b   Cortez, Josie D ^c   Hazuda, Helen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Intercultural Development Research Association   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Autopsy; Cadaver; Cross cultural comparison; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 20444451304     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53274.x     Document Type: Article

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