Advance care planning discussions among residents of long term care and designated assisted living: Experience from Calgary, Alberta

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-53

  Dyason, Claire ^a   Simon, Jessica ^a,b   Martin, Tracy Lynn Wityk ^a  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84930517984     PISSN: 2045435X     EISSN: 20454368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000444     Document Type: Article

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