Advance care planning among residents in long-term care

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-359

  McAuley, William J ^a   Travis, Shirley S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; End of life care; Long term care; Self determination

Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LIVING WILLS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642274559     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910302000509     Document Type: Review

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