Systematic review of educational interventions for improving advance directive completion

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Durbin, Christine R ^a   Fish, Anne F ^b   Bachman, Jean A ^b   Smith, Katharine V ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directive; End of life; Healthcare decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; TEACHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEACHING MATERIALS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77956118414     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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