Prevalence of advance care directives in aged care facilities of the Northern Illawarra

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 379-385

  Bezzina, Andrew J ^a  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced care directive; Emergency medical service; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 70350099132     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01215.x     Document Type: Article

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