Diagnosis disclosure and advance care planning in Alzheimer disease: opinions of a sample of Italian citizens

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-434

  Riva, Maddalena ^a   Caratozzolo, Salvatore ^a   Cerea, Erica ^a   Gottardi, Federica ^a   Zanetti, Marina ^a   Vicini Chilovi, Barbara ^a   Cristini, Carlo ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Rozzini, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Dementia; Diagnosis disclosure; General population; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DISCLOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925883470     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0195-1     Document Type: Article

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