Tracking the route to sustainability: A service evaluation tool for an advance care planning model developed for community palliative care services

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 2136-2148

  Blackford, Jeanine ^a   Street, Annette ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Community, standards, nursing, end of life; Evaluation; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84864000714     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04179.x     Document Type: Article

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