Feasibility and acceptability of advance care planning in elderly Italian and Greek speaking patients as compared to English-speaking patients: An Australian cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Detering, Karen ^a   Sutton, Elizabeth ^a   Fraser, Scott ^a   Wallis, Kasey ^a   Silvester, William ^a   Mawren, Daveena ^a   Whiteside, Kathryn ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84941654888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008800     Document Type: Article

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