@article{8ec33a4cc9b946eeb97878da7598eb2c,
title = "Older adults' preferences for when and how to discuss life expectancy in primary care",
abstract = "Introduction: Life expectancy is important to inform a number of clinical decisions in primary care but its communication is challenging for clinicians. Methods: This qualitative interview study with 40 community-dwelling older adults explored their perspectives on how and when to discuss life expectancy in primary care. Results: Most participants did not want to discuss life expectancy longer than 1 year but were open to being offered discussion by clinicians. Suggestions included using health decline as trigger for discussion and discussing with family members instead of patient. Discussion: Although older adults have varied preferences for the timing and content of life expectancy discussions in primary care, it was generally acceptable for clinicians to offer the opportunity for this type of discussion.",
keywords = "Communication, Geriatrics, Life expectancy, Primary health care",
author = "Schoenborn, {Nancy L.} and Kimberley Lee and Pollack, {Craig E.} and Karen Armacost and Dy, {Sydney M.} and Xue, {Qian Li} and Wolff, {Antonio C.} and Cynthia Boyd",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award R03AG050912. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This project was also made possible in part through the support of the Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Research Grant to the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. In addition, NLS was supported by a T. Franklin Williams Scholarship Award; Funding provided by Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine–Association of Specialty Professors, and the American Geriatrics Society. The funding sources had no role in the design, methods, subject recruitment, data collections, analysis, and preparation of paper. Conflict of interest: none declared.",
year = "2017",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170067",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "813--815",
journal = "Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine",
issn = "1557-2625",
publisher = "American Board of Family Medicine",
number = "6",
}