A place called LIFE: Exploring the advance care planning of African-American PACE enrollees

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-292

  Nath, Sara Bressi ^a   Hirschman, Karen B ^b   Lewis, Beth ^c   Strumpf, Neville E ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; African American frail elders; End of life care; Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 59449110084     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380801985432     Document Type: Article

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