Family matters: Effects of birth order, culture, and family dynamics on surrogate decision-making

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-182

  Su, Christopher T ^a   McMahan, Ryan D ^b,c   Williams, Brie A ^b   Sharma, Rashmi K ^d   Sudore, Rebecca L ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; aging; birth order; decision making; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASIAN; BIRTH ORDER; CAREGIVER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTATION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT CARE; POWER OF ATTORNEY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SIBLING; SUPPORT GROUP; TABOO; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGING; BIRTH ORDER; DECISION-MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH ORDER; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84892796476     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12610     Document Type: Article

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