Racial and ethnic differences in advance directive possession: Role of demographic factors, religious affiliation, and personal health values in a national survey of older adults

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-156

  Huang, Ivy A ^a   Neuhaus, John M ^b   Chiong, Winston ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNET; LIVING WILL; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MODEL; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84957541260     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0326     Document Type: Article

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