Family matters: Dyadic agreement in end-of-life medical decision making

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-237

  Schmid, Bettina ^a,b   Allen, Rebecca S ^b   Haley, Philip P ^b   Decoster, Jamie ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; End of life decision making; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77952900387     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp166     Document Type: Article

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