Let me talk - an advance care planning programme for frail nursing home residents

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 3073-3084

  Chan, Helen YL ^a   Pang, Samantha MC ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Decision making; End of life; Nursing home; Older people; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650473756     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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