End- of- life treatment preference among low-income older adults: A race/ethnicity comparison study

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1021-1033

  Ko, Eunjeong ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life treatment; Low income; Older adults; Preference; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RELIGION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84906060633     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0129     Document Type: Article

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