PREDICT: A diagnostic accuracy study of a tool for predicting mortality within one year: Who should have an advance healthcare directive?

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 31-37

  Richardson, Philip ^a,b   Greenslade, Jaimi ^a,b,c   Shanmugathasan, Sulochana ^b   Doucet, Katherine ^b   Widdicombe, Neil ^a,b   Chu, Kevin ^a,b   Brown, Anthony ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Emergency medicine; End of life care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIVING WILL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84919479557     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314540734     Document Type: Article

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