Older adults' beliefs about physician-estimated life expectancy: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kistler, Christine E ^a   Lewis, Carmen L ^b   Amick, Halle R ^b   Bynum, Debra L ^b   Walter, Louise C ^c   Watson, Lea C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CONSENSUS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 33644642338     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-9     Document Type: Review

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