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The Companion's Role in the Doctor-Elderly Patient-Companion Interaction.
Beisecker, Analee E.; Fuemmeler, Elizabeth F. – 1986
Based on Beisecker's earlier finding that patients over age 60 brought companions to their medical appointments more often than did patients aged 25-59, a study was conducted to examine the role of the companion. Eleven of 21 patients aged 60-85 brought companions. Companions were either spouses or adult children of the patients. Within this…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Older Adults, Parent Child Relationship, Physician Patient Relationship
Attitudes of Oncologists, Oncology Nurses, and Patients from a Women's Clinic Regarding Medical Decision Making for Older and Younger Breast Cancer Patients.
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Beisecker, Analee E.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1994
Administered Beisecker Locus of Authority in Decision Making: Breast Cancer survey to 67 oncologists, 94 oncology nurses, and 288 patients from women's clinic. All groups believed that physicians should have dominant role in decision making. Nurses felt that patients should have more input than patients or physicians felt they should. Physicians…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cancer, Decision Making, Locus of Control
Aging and the Desire for Information and Input in Medical Decisions: Patient Consumerism in Medical Encounters.
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Beisecker, Analee E. – Gerontologist, 1988
While attitudes of 106 rehabilitation medicine patients interacting with doctors indicated that all wanted medical information, older patients gave more decision-making authority to doctors and more often brought companions who questioned doctors on their behalf. Found no age differences in patient consumerist communication behaviors. Age was…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Consumer Protection, Decision Making