Advance care planning among the oldest old

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Wu, Pauline ^a,b   Lorenz, Karl A ^c   Chodosh, Joshua ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; VETERANS;

EID: 40649103710     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0134     Document Type: Article

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