Patient-Physician End-of-Life Discussions in the Routine Care of Medicare Beneficiaries

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 983-1002

  Keary, Sara ^a   Moorman, Sara M ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; discussion; end of life care preparation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938219657     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315569458     Document Type: Article

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