End-of-life decision-making, decisional conflict, and enhanced information: Race effects

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1904-1909

  Allen, Rebecca S ^a   Allen, Jessica Y ^a,b   Hilgeman, Michelle M ^a   Decoster, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decisional conflict; Medical decisions; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 53149128755     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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