Facilitators of and barriers to advance care planning in adult congenital heart disease

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-288

  Greutmann, Matthias ^a,c   Tobler, Daniel ^b,c   Colman, Jack M ^c,d   Greutmann Yantiri, Mehtap ^c   Librach, S Lawrence ^e   Kovacs, Adrienne H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Congenital heart disease; End of life; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; END-OF-LIFE; HEART FAILURE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880676695     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chd.12025     Document Type: Article

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