Acceptability of an advance care planning interview schedule: A focus group study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Barnes, Kelly ^a   Jones, Louise ^a   Tookman, Adrian ^a   King, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; End of life; Focus groups; Palliative care; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; EMOTION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINAL CARE; TIME;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547491188     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306073638     Document Type: Article

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