Nurses' views regarding implementing advance care planning for older people: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 15-16, 2015, Pages 2057-2073

  Ke, Li Shan ^a   Huang, Xiaoyan ^b   O'Connor, Margaret ^b   Lee, Susan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Meta synthesis; Nurses; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING PROCESS;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS;

EID: 84938197696     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12853     Document Type: Review

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