Understanding how advance care planning is approached in the residential aged care setting: A continuum model of practice as an explanatory device

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Shanley, Christopher ^a   Whitmore, Elizabeth ^a   Khoo, Angela ^a   Cartwright, Colleen ^b   Walker, Amanda ^c   Cumming, Robert G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Palliative Care   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; End of life care; Nursing home; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS;

EID: 70450230560     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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