Completion of Advance Directives Among Low-Income Older Adults: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter?

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 247-253

  Ko, Eunjeong ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; cultural competence; end of life care; low income; older adults; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897520910     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113486170     Document Type: Article

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