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Kinlessness at the End of Life in the United States: Implications for Place of Death, and Quality of Life Among Older Adults

We used the Health and Retirement Study, a large nationally representative study of U.S. older adults from 2002-2015, to identify decedents and assess quality of EOL care by availability of kin. 7.9% of participants were kinless at EOL (no adult children or spouses), reflecting national estimates of...

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Autores principales: Ornstein, Katherine, Plick, Natalie, Ankuda, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742296/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2037