Preferences in end-of-life care of older persons: After-death interviews with proxy respondents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2467-2477

  Klinkenberg, Marianne ^a   Willems, Dick L ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life care; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 5144220981     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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