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Attitudes and completion of advance care planning: Assessing the contribution of health beliefs about Alzheimer's disease among Israeli laypersons.

Perla WernerIle Kermel Schiffman
Published in: Palliative & supportive care (2020)
Our results support the use of cognitive models of health behavior by assessing intra-personal beliefs and knowledge to understand ACP attitudes and completion. Specifically, we demonstrated the importance of knowledge of Alzheimer's disease for ACP attitudes, suggesting the importance of including a module on the topic to ACP interventions.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • public health
  • advance care planning
  • cognitive decline
  • health information
  • physical activity
  • risk assessment