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| The personal and social context of planning for end-of-life care | | Author(s) | Boaz Kahana, Amy Dan, Eva Kahana |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 7, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1163-1167 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Medical care ; Terminal care ; Living in the community ; Wills [legal services] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Potential facilitators or deterrents to end-of-life planning for older people living in the community were examined, including personal (health-related and sociodemographic) and social (physician and family) influences. Participants were 239 older people aged 65-99 ageing in place in Cleveland, Ohio, 99 of their primary care physicians, and 127 of their family members. Fewer than half had completed an advance directive (living will) and discussed their wishes with others. Only older people's personal characteristics were related to end-of-life plans. Whites, unmarried or younger individuals were more likely to have made preparations. Older people's health status, as evaluated by the patient, physician and caregiver, did not relate to the tendency to having made advance care plans. Older people's family members were much more likely to report knowledge of advance care plans than were physicians. The findings suggest that many physicians do not talk with their patients about their end-of-life wishes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040913227 A |
| Classmark | LK: LV: K4: JV:VTH: 3F: 7T |
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