Prevalence and predictors of advance directives in Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 975-980

  White, B ^a   Tilse, C ^b   Wilson, J ^b   Rosenman, L ^c   Strub, T ^d   Feeney, R ^b   Silvester, W ^e  

^a UTas   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directive; End of life decision making; Medical law

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAWYER; LIVING WILL; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84913546288     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12549     Document Type: Article

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