Advance Directives Among Korean American Older Adults: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-502

  Ko, Eunjeong ^a   Berkman, Cathy S ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; culture; end of life care and decisions; ethnicity and multicultural issues; mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864541142     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2012.667523     Document Type: Article

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