The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7751, 2010, Pages 847-

  Detering, Karen M ^a   Hancock, Andrew D ^a   Reade, Michael C ^a   Silvester, William ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 77951046282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1345     Document Type: Article

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