Attitude of elderly patients towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Greece

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 874-879

  Chliara, Daphne ^a   Chalkias, Athanasios ^a   Horopanitis, Evaggelos E ^b   Papadimitriou, Lila ^a   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Elderly patients; End of life decisions; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GREEK (PEOPLE); HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL NORM; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; GREECE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84931830945     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12184     Document Type: Article

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