Go to the Hospital or Stay at Home? A Qualitative Study of Expected Hospital Decision Making Among Older African Americans With Advanced Heart Failure

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-23

  Hopp, Faith Pratt ^a   Marsack, Christina ^a   Camp, Jessica K ^a   Thomas, Shirley ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; decision making; heart failure; hospital

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84893076603     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.848966     Document Type: Article

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