Life goals and health decisions: What will people live (or die) for?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-219

  Schwartz, Alan ^a   Hazen, Gordon ^a   Leifer, Ariel ^a   Heckerling, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Goals; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FITNESS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; WORK;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 41149142377     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07311749     Document Type: Article

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