Advance care planning in residential aged care facilities

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Blackford, Jeanine ^a   Strickland, Elizabeth ^b   Morris, Bridget ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Aged; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HOMES FOR THE AGED; MEDICAL RECORDS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 44449091145     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2007.27.1.141     Document Type: Article

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