Decision making among older people with advanced heart failure as they transition to dependency and death

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-242

  Waterworth, Susan ^a   Gott, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advanced care planning; Communication; Decision making; Heart failure; Older person

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; DECISION MAKING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78449261769     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e328340684f     Document Type: Article

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