An exploratory study of advance care planning in seriously III African-American elders

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1457-1462

  Daaleman, Timothy P ^a,b   Emmett, Catherine P ^c   Dobbs, Debra ^c   Williams, Sharon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced care; African americans; Elderly health; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELDERLY CARE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249142646     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31547-9     Document Type: Article

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