Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: A systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria

Australian Health Review

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 552-560

  Luckett, Tim ^a   Bhattarai, Priyanka ^a   Phillips, Jane ^a   Agar, Meera ^b   Currow, David ^c   Krastev, Yordanka ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Braeside Hospital   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84946412521     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH14187     Document Type: Article

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