"I don't want to die like that ...": The impact of significant others' death quality on advance care planning

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 770-781

  Carr, Deborah ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Death quality; End of life; Survey data

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84869417002     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns051     Document Type: Article

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