Failure to engage hospitalized elderly patients and their families in advance care planning

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 778-787

  Heyland, Daren K ^a,b   Barwich, Doris ^d   Pichora, Deb ^a   Dodek, Peter ^c   Lamontagne, Francois ^e   You, John J ^f   Tayler, Carolyn ^d   Porterfield, Pat ^c   Sinuff, Tasnim ^g,h   Simon, Jessica ⁱ  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84877726548     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.180     Document Type: Article

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