Measuring engagement in advance care planning: A cross-sectional multicentre feasibility study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Howard, Michelle ^a   Bonham, Aaron J ^a   Heyland, Daren K ^b,c   Sudore, Rebecca ^d,e   Fassbender, Konrad ^f   Robinson, Carole A ^g   Mckenzie, Michael ^h   Elston, Dawn ^a   You, John J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Covenant Health Palliative Institute ^*  (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

advance care planning; communication; measurement; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84976647843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010375     Document Type: Article

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