End-of-life health care planning among young-old adults: An assessment of psychosocial influences

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Carr, Deborah ^a,b   Khodyakov, Dmitry ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34247602017     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.S135     Document Type: Article

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