Can goal-based advance planning guide medical care in the nursing home?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 287-290

  Bercovitch, Robert ^a   Gillick, Muriel ^b,c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance planning; Goals of care; Treatment limitations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036740202     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(05)70542-9     Document Type: Article

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