title: End-of-life preferences in Hawaii.
abstract: Questions on end-of-life preferences were included in two statewide, random-sample telephone surveys. Findings suggest that Hawaii residents are similar to mainlanders on their rates of advance directive completion, their preference for dying at home, their desire for hospice care when dying, and their support for legalization of aid in dying. Physicians are encouraged to ask these questions directly of their patients as a first step to improving end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Center on Aging, Dept. of Public Health Sciences and Epidemiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1960 East-West Road, Biomed C-106, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Onaka
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology