Empirical assessment of a research advance directive for persons with dementia and their proxies

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1609-1612

  Stocking, Carol B ^a,b   Hougham, Gavin W ^a   Danner, Deborah D ^c   Patterson, Marian B ^d   Whitehouse, Peter J ^d   Sachs, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia research; Ethics; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848907776     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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