Early intervention in planning end-of-life care with ambulatory geriatric patients: Results of a pilot trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1611-1618

  Schwartz, Carolyn E ^a,b   Brownell Wheeler, H ^a   Hammes, Bernard ^c   Basque, Noreen ^d   Edmunds, Jean ^a   Reed, George ^b   Yunsheng, Ma ^b   Li, Lynn ^a   Tabloski, Patricia ^e   Yanko, Julianne ^b   Griffin, Eileen ^f   Landry III, Thomas G ^f   Leclair, Flo ^f   McGee, Sarah ^f   Reiff Hekking, Sarah ^f   Spurr, Joanne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Visiting Nurse Association Care Network Inc

^e BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DYING; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037158074     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.14.1611     Document Type: Article

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