Efficacy of a training intervention on the quality of practitioners' decision support for patients deciding about place of care at the end of life: A randomized control trial: Study protocol

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Murray, Mary Ann ^a   O'Connor, Annette ^a   Stacey, Dawn ^a   Wilson, Keith G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 44449105081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-4     Document Type: Article

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