Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 229-234 , November 2010

“It helps me see with my heart”: How video informs patients’ rationale for decisions about future care in advanced dementia

  • Kristy S. Deep

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, 740 S. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. Tel.: +1 859 323 1946; fax: +1 859 257 2605.
    • ,
  • Ashley Hunter

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin Murphy

      Affiliations

    • University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
    • ,
  • Angelo Volandes

      Affiliations

    • General Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Received 6 August 2009 ,Revised 26 January 2010 ,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.02.004

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 229-234 , November 2010

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