Documenting end of life decisions in residential aged care facilities in South Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-90

  Brown, Margaret ^a   Grbich, Carol ^b   Maddocks, Ian ^b   Parker, Deborah ^b   Roe, Penny ^b   Willis, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 15044345072     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00754.x     Document Type: Article

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