Surrogatedecision makers' understanding of dementia patients' prior wishes for end-of-life care

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-650

  Black, Betty S ^a,g   Fogarty, Linda A ^b   Phillips, Hilary ^c   Finucane, Thomas ^d   Loreck, David J ^e   Baker, Alva ^f   Blass, David M ^a   Rabins, Peter V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JHPIEGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Advanced dementia; Nursing home patients; Treatment preferences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; TERMINAL CARE; CAREGIVER; COMPREHENSION; CUSTODY; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649096493     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264309333316     Document Type: Article

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