Preferences of elderly cancer patients in their advance directives

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-65

  Pautex, Sophie ^a   Notaridis, Grigorios ^a   Déramé, Laurence ^a   Zulian, Gilbert B ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Cancer; Elderly; Patient preference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROXY; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77249156796     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.04.007     Document Type: Review

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