Could hypothetical scenarios enhance understanding on decision for life-sustaining treatment in non-demented Chinese older persons?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 994-999

  Fung, Ada W T ^a   Lam, Linda C W ^a   Lui, Victor W C ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

advance directives; case vignettes; decision making; knowledge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 78349263082     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501065     Document Type: Article

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