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Good deaths, bad deaths and preferences for the end of life
— a qualitative study of geriatric outpatients | | Author(s) | Elizabeth K Vig, Nathaniel A Davenport, Robert A Pearlman |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 9,, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 1541-1548 |
| Keywords | Out-patients ; Attitude ; Death ; Terminal care ; Rights [elderly] ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Patient involvement in decision-making has been advocated for improving the quality of life at the end of life. This study explored the attitudes of 16 older Americans with heart disease or cancer about the end of life, and whether the values they expressed could be extended to end-of-life preferences. Interviews used a mixture of open-ended and closed-ended questions. Given that each participant voiced a unique combination of themes in describing good and bad deaths, a heterogeneity of views was obtained. A thorough understanding of an individual's end-of-life preferences may help health professionals working with older people to develop patient-centred health care plans for the end of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020927204 A |
| Classmark | LFB: DP: CW: LV: IKR: 3DP: 7T |
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