Family decision-making for nursing home residents with dementia: Rural-urban differences

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Gessert, Charles E ^a   Elliott, Barbara A ^b   Peden McAlpine, Cynthia ^c  

^a SMDC Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RURAL AREA; TERMINAL CARE; URBAN AREA; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645062974     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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