A new Issue of The American Geriatrics Society

July 10, 2007

As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only.

“Increased Satisfaction with Care and Lower Costs: Results of a Randomized Trial of In-Home Palliative Care” by Richard Brumley, MD, Susan Enguidanos, PhD, MPH, Paula Jamison, BA, Rae Seitz, MD, Nora Morgenstern, MD, Sherry Saito, MD, Jan McIlwane, MSW, Kristine Hillary, RNP, and Jorge Gonzalez, BA, P. 993–1000

“Inconsistency Over Time in the Preferences of Older Persons with Advanced Illness for Life-Sustaining Treatment” by Terri R. Fried, MD, John O’Leary, MA, Peter Van Ness, PhD, and Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, P. 1007–1014

“Depressive Symptoms in Older African-American and White Adults with Functional Difficulties: The Role of Control Strategies” by Laura N. Gitlin, PhD, Walter W. Hauck, PhD, Marie P. Dennis, PhD, and Richard Schulz, PhD, P. 1023–1030

“Mortality Risk in Older Inner-City African Americans” by Theodore K. Malmstrom, PhD, Elena M. Andresen, PhD, Fredric D. Wolinsky, PhD J. Philip Miller, AB, Kathryn Stamps, MPH, and Douglas K. Miller, MD, P. 1049–1055

“Increasing Generic Drug Use in Medicare Part D: The Role of Government” (See editorial comments by Dr. Richard Stefanacci on pp 11341136) by Senator Herb Kohl, (D-Wis.) and William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS, P.1106–1109

“Effect of the Medicaid Deficit Reduction Act on Older Adults” by Diana B. Koss, MD, P. 1110–1114