Advance directive completion by elderly americans: A decade of change

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 706-710

  Silveira, Maria J ^a,b   Wiitala, Wyndy ^a   Piette, John ^a,b  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directives; end of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAY HOSPITAL; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; END OF LIFE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898788053     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12736     Document Type: Article

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