Advance care planning in Australia: Challenges of a federal legislative system

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-117

  Cartwright, Colleen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Federation; Legislation; Substitute decision makers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35448974061     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992607X196024     Document Type: Article

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