Perspectives of healthy elders on advance care planning

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Malcomson, Heather ^a   Bisbee, Shannon ^a,b  

^a Adult Primary Care

^b NP C

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Content analysis; End of life; Healthcare proxy; Older adults; Patient Self Determination Act

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROXY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 58149333684     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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