'Not yet' and 'Just ask': Barriers and facilitators to advance care planning-a qualitative descriptive study of the perspectives of seriously ill, older patients and their families

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-62

  Simon, Jessica ^a   Porterfield, Pat ^b   Bouchal, Shelley Raffin ^a   Heyland, Daren ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84930511731     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000487     Document Type: Article

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