The essentials of Advance Care Planning for end-of-life care for older people

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 389-397

  Jeong, Sarah Yeun Sim ^a   Higgins, Isabel ^a   McMillan, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care directives; Australia; End of life care; Nurses; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 74549215654     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03001.x     Document Type: Article

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