"She was a little bit unrealistic": Choice in healthcare decision making for older people

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-148

  Hicks, Elisabeth ^a   Sims Gould, Joanie ^a   Byrne, Kerry ^b   Khan, Karim M ^a   Stolee, Paul ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Decisions; Ethnography; Older people; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857458493     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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