The influence of age on the likelihood of receiving end-of-life care consistent with patient treatment preferences

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 719-726

  Parr, John D ^a,b   Zhang, Baohui ^b   Nilsson, Matthew E ^b   Wright, Alexi ^b   Balboni, Tracy ^b   Duthie, Edmund ^a   Paulk, Elizabeth ^c   Prigerson, Holly G ^b,d,e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954452380     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0337     Document Type: Article

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