Older Adult Opinions of "Advance Driving Directives"

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-27

  Betz, Marian E ^a,b   Lowenstein, Steven R ^a,b   Schwartz, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directive; automobile driving; driving cessation; older adult; primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVING CESSATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OLDER ADULT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DRIVING CESSATION; OLDER ADULT; PRIMARY CARE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 84888273660     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131912447082     Document Type: Article

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