Older adults' preferences for when and how to discuss life expectancy in primary care

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 813-815

  Schoenborn, Nancy L ^a   Lee, Kimberley ^a   Pollack, Craig E ^a   Armacost, Karen ^a,b   Dy, Sydney M ^c   Xue, Qian Li ^a   Wolff, Antonio C ^a   Boyd, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Patient Research Partner   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Geriatrics; Life expectancy; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85036462049     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170067     Document Type: Article

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