Advance care planning and health care preferences of community-dwelling elders: The Framingham heart study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 951-959

  McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Pencina, Michael J ^b,c   Kelly Hayes, Margaret ^b,d   Evans, Jane C ^b,c   Oberacker, Elizabeth J ^b   D'Agostino Sr , Ralph B ^b,c   Burns, Risa B ^a   Murabito, Joanne M ^b,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Decision making; End of life care; Geriatrics; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 54249109573     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.9.951     Document Type: Article

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