Advance end-of-life healthcare planning in an acute NHS hospital setting; development and evaluation of the expression of healthcare preferences (EHP) document

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Schiff, Rebekah ^a   Shaw, Rory ^b   Raja, Nadia ^b   Rajkumar, Chakravarthi ^c   Bulpitt, Christopher J ^d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Elderly; End of life care; Mental Capacity Act

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 58849120544     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn235     Document Type: Article

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