Thoughts on the Future: The Perspectives of Elderly People with Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease and the Implications for Advance Care Planning

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-22

  de Boer, Marike E ^a   Dröes, Rose Marie ^a   Jonker, Cees ^a   Eefsting, Jan A ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

advance care planning; advance directives; Alzheimer's disease; dementia; ethics; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857215515     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2011.636784     Document Type: Article

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