Elders' environs and their end-of-life preferences

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Gheorghe, Cristina ^a   Vazquez, Rodrigo ^a   Casanegra, Ana I ^a   Argento, Vivian ^a   Dadu, Ramona ^a   Feng, Yan ^a   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a   Manthous, Constantine A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Mechanical ventilation; Nursing home; Preferences; Resuscitation; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78650612442     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.12.090     Document Type: Article

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