Experiences with advance care planning: Older people and family members' perspective

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-186

  Jeong, Sarah Yeun Sim ^a   Higgins, Isabel ^b   Mcmillan, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care directives; Advance care planning; End of life care; Older people; Transcendence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80052918653     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2009.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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