Environmental contexts of ultimate decisions: Why white nursing home residents are twice as likely as African American residents to have an advance directive

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Troyer, Jennifer L ^a   McAuley, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SATISFACTION;

EID: 33746361225     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.4.S194     Document Type: Review

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