Literacy and race as risk factors for low rates of advance directives in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-406

  Waite, Katherine R ^a   Federman, Alex D ^b   McCarthy, Danielle M ^a   Sudore, Rebecca ^c   Curtis, Laura M ^a   Baker, David W ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth A H ^a   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directive; end of life decisions; literacy; race

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; RACE; READING; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875213140     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12134     Document Type: Article

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