Healthcare proxies of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: Decisions they confront and their satisfaction with decision-making: Clinical investigations

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1149-1155

  Givens, Jane L ^a,b,c,d   Kiely, Dan K ^b   Carey, Kristen ^c   Mitchell, Susan L ^b,c,d  

^a MSCE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Healthcare proxy; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SATISFACTION;

BOSTON; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY;

EID: 67649823536     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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