Development and evaluation of an aged care specific Advance Care Plan

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-195

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

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCUMENTATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84895928474     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000392     Document Type: Article

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