A randomized controlled trial of a goals-of-care video for elderly patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 805-811

  Volandes, Angelo E ^a,b   Brandeis, Gary H ^c   Davis, Aretha Delight ^a,d   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^c   Gillick, Muriel R ^a,e   Chang, Yuchiao ^a,b   Walker Corkery, Elizabeth S ^b   Mann, Eileen ^a,b   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TERMINAL CARE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84863804328     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0505     Document Type: Article

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