Midlife and Older Chinese Adults’ Preferences for End-of-Life Care Decision-Making: Patterns and Correlates

Yifan Lou, Jinyu Liu, Deborah Carr, Yaolin Pei, Bei Wu, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Diana R. Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Department of Sociology and Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York University Shanghai

Research on Aging: An International Bimonthly Journal

Published online on January 05, 2026

Abstract

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We used latent class analysis to identify profiles of midlife and older Chinese adults’ preferences regarding involvement in three dimensions of end-of-life care: information exchange, deliberation, and decisional control. Data are from 548 urban and ...