Advance care planning for people with dementia: A review

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1535-1551

  Dening, Karen Harrison ^a,b   Jones, Louise ^b   Sampson, Elizabeth L ^b,c  

^a DEMENTIA UK   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directives; dementia; end of life care; palliative care; review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CARE PLANNING; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80455145288     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001608     Document Type: Review

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