Advance Care Planning in the Elderly

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-403

  Lum, Hillary D ^a   Sudore, Rebecca L ^b   Bekelman, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Communication; Patient doctor relationship; Surrogate decision maker

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LIVING WILL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84925217624     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: 15579859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.010     Document Type: Review

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