Future care planning for patients approaching end-of-life with advanced heart disease: An interview study with patients, carers and healthcare professionals exploring the content, rationale and design of a randomised clinical trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Denvir, Martin A ^a   Highet, Gill ^a   Robertson, Shirley ^a   Cudmore, Sarah ^a   Reid, Janet ^a   Ness, Andrea ^a   Hogg, Karen ^b   Weir, Christopher ^c   Murray, Scott ^c   Boyd, Kirsty ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAREGIVER; CHARGE NURSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUTUROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; TERMINAL CARE; UNCERTAINTY; HEART DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

CAREGIVERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84904248597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005021     Document Type: Article

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