Physician involvement in life transition planning: A survey of community-dwelling older adults

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lum, Hillary D ^a,b   Brown, Jared B ^a   Juarez Colunga, Elizabeth ^c   Betz, Marian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System   (United States)

^c Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Doctor patient relationships; Driving; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CAR DRIVING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84938221824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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