Stability of older adults' preferences for life-sustaining medical treatment.
PH Ditto, WD Smucker, JH Danks, JA Jacobson… - Health …, 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
The use of instructional advance directives assumes that preferences for life-sustaining
medical treatment remain stable over time and across changes in life condition. A sample of …
medical treatment remain stable over time and across changes in life condition. A sample of …
When written advance directives are not enough
KL Kirschner - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2005 - geriatric.theclinics.com
What do you value most in life? Under what circumstances would you think death preferable
to continued life? How certain are you? Are you certain enough to put your wishes in …
to continued life? How certain are you? Are you certain enough to put your wishes in …
THE STABILITY OF OLDER ADULTS'JUDGMENTS OF FATES BETTER AND WORSE THAN DEATH
L K. Lockhart, Peter H. Ditto, Joseph H. Danks … - Death studies, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Decisions about specific life-sustaining medical treatments have been found to be only
moderately stable over time. This study examined whether more general judgments, such as …
moderately stable over time. This study examined whether more general judgments, such as …
Stability and change in patient preferences and spouse substituted judgments regarding dialysis continuation
RA Pruchno, MJ Rovine, F Cartwright… - The Journals of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The objective of this study was to examine whether some treatment preferences
are more stable than others, how patient preferences and substituted judgments change …
are more stable than others, how patient preferences and substituted judgments change …