A review of the implementation and research strategies of advance care planning in nursing homes

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Flo, E ^a   Husebo, B S ^a   Bruusgaard, P ^b   Gjerberg, E ^b   Thoresen, L ^b   Lillemoen, L ^b   Pedersen, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Barriers; Dementia; End of life care; Ethical decision making; Implementation; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONVERSATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMBASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PSYCINFO; RELATIVE; STAFF; STUDY DESIGN; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGING; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; ETHICS; HOME FOR THE AGED; MENTAL CAPACITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DECISION MAKING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84959335107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0179-4     Document Type: Article

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