Open AccessDo Alzheimer's Disease Patients Want to Participate in a Treatment Decision, and Would Their Caregivers Let Them?
Author(s) -
Karen B. Hirschman,
Colette M. Joyce,
Bryan D. James,
Sharon X. Xie,
Jason Karlawish
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/45.3.381
Subject(s) - disease , psychology , alzheimer's disease , cognition , family caregivers , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology
This study was designed to examine the factors associated with the preferences of Alzheimer's disease patients to participate in a decision to use an Alzheimer's disease-slowing medication and how involved their caregivers would let them be in this decision.
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