Refusal of medical and surgical interventions by older persons with advanced chronic disease

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Rothman, Marc D ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   O'Leary, John R ^a   Fried, Terri R ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Decision making; Refusal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTUBATION; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34249946619     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0222-4     Document Type: Article

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