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| Knowledge and perceptions in advance care planning | | Author(s) | Emily K Porensky, Brian D Carpenter |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 1, February 2008 |
| Pages | pp 89-106 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Medical care ; Terminal care ; Rights [elderly] ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 170 community-dwelling people aged 65+ answered questions about their knowledge of medical conditions and treatment, and completed the Medical Comprehension Questionnaire regarding their connotation of ambiguous phrases such as "live like a vegetable". On average, participants answered 78% of all factual questions correctly; however, accuracy ranged from 59% to 94% across individuals. Participants knew the most about basic treatment purposes and procedures, and the least about treatment outcomes. Perceptions of equivocal phrases were idiosyncratic, even for conventional terms such as"improvement". Older people approach advance care planning with critical misconceptions and individualistic perceptions, about which family and health care professionals may be unaware. Efforts to improve advance care planning should include instruction concerning medical information and encouragement to use explicit language to express treatment preferences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080609002 A |
| Classmark | LK: LV: IKR: DP: 3F: 7T |
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