The reluctance to burden others as a value in end-of-life decision making: A source of inaccuracy in substituted judgment

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-188

  Winter, Laraine ^a   Parks, Susan M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; family burden; patient values; substituted judgment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84857813191     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311414956     Document Type: Article

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