A comparative, retrospective, observational study of the prevalence, availability, and specificity of advance care plans in a county that implemented an advance care planning microsystem

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1249-1255

  Hammes, Bernard J ^a   Rooney, Brenda L ^a   Gundrum, Jacob D ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directive; end of life; ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954347483     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02956.x     Document Type: Article

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