Living will, resuscitation preferences, and attitudes towards life in an aged population

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Laakkonen, Marja Liisa ^a   Pitkala, Kaisu H ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^a   Berglind, Saila ^a   Tilvis, Reijo S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Elderly, attitudes towards life; Life orientation; Living will; Resuscitation preferences, living will

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WIDOW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4344712928     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078354     Document Type: Article

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