Effectiveness of end-of-life education among community-dwelling older adults

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-372

  Matsui, Miho ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Community dwelling adults; Discussion; Education; End of life care; Life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; VIDEORECORDING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PAMPHLETS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING MATERIALS; TERMINAL CARE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77952235258     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733009355372     Document Type: Article

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