Advance care planning in residential care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-343

  Nair, B ^a   Kerridgey, I ^a   Dobson, A ^a   McPhee, J ^a   Saul, P ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Elderly; Living wills; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVALENCE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0033947335     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2000.tb00835.x     Document Type: Article

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