The development and piloting of the renal specific advanced communication training (react) programme to improve advance care planning for renal patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 360-366

  Bristowe, Katherine ^a   Shepherd, Kate ^b   Bryan, Liz ^a   Brown, Heather ^c   Carey, Irene ^d   Matthews, Beverley ^d   O'Donoghue, Donal ^e   Vinen, Katie ^f   Murtagh, Fliss Em ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e New Croft House   (United Kingdom)

^f SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance Care Planning; communication training; decision making; End Stage Kidney Disease; preferences; renal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEPHROLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COMMUNICATION TRAINING; DECISION MAKING; END-STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE; PREFERENCES; RENAL;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84896473941     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313510342     Document Type: Article

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