Assessing the effectiveness of interventions to promote advance directives among older adults: A systematic review and multi-level analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1122-1132

  Bravo, Gina ^a   Dubois, Marie France ^a   Wagneur, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Effectiveness; Elderly; Intervention; Multi level modelling; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; MODELING;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 48949096328     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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