A survey of older peoples' attitudes towards advance care planning

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-376

  Musa, Irfana ^a   Seymour, Jane ^b   Narayanasamy, Melanie Jay ^b   Wada, Taizo ^c   Conroy, Simon ^d  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance; Care; Older people; Planning; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE DECISION TO REFUSE TREATMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929175677     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv041     Document Type: Article

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