Advance care planning in Australia: Overdue for improvement

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 475-480

  Taylor, David Mc D ^a   Cameron, P A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; Aged care; Power of attorney

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036050022     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00268.x     Document Type: Review

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