Quality of advance care planning policy and practice in residential aged care facilities in Australia

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-357

  Silvester, William ^a   Fullam, Rachael S ^a   Parslow, Ruth A ^b   Lewis, Virginia J ^b   Sjanta, Rebekah ^a   Jackson, Lynne ^a   White, Vanessa ^b   Gilchrist, Jane ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84894997002     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000262     Document Type: Article

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