Prospective end-of-life treatment decisions and perceived vulnerability: Future time left to live and memory self-efficacy

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-131

  Allen, Jessica Y ^a,b   Hilgeman, Michelle M ^a   Allen, Rebecca S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; end of life; life sustaining treatment; race ethnicity; socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79251622807     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.505229     Document Type: Article

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