Views of African American Nursing Home Residents about Living Wills

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Ott, Barbara B ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 41249093236     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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