The effects of advance care planning on end-of-life care: A systematic review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1000-1025

  Brinkman Stoppelenburg, Arianne ^a   Rietjens, Judith A C ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Living wills; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVING WILL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84907000974     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314526272     Document Type: Review

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