Construction of health preferences: A comparison of direct value assessment and personal narratives

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-520

  Kerstholt, José H ^a   Van Der Zwaard, Fred ^b   Bart, Hans ^b   Cremers, Anita ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Clinical; Computer assisted.; Decision making; Decision support systems; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; VIDEORECORDING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; LITERATURE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 68349133061     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09331809     Document Type: Article

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