The personal and social context of planning for end-of-life care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1163-1167

  Kahana, Boaz ^a,b   Dan, Amy ^b   Kahana, Eva ^b   Kercher, Kyle ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced care; End of life; Older adults; Planning

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; END OF LIFE CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OHIO; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 3042796435     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52316.x     Document Type: Article

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