Advance care planning in Dementia: Do family carers know the treatment preferences of people with early dementia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Dening, Karen Harrison ^a   King, Michael ^b   Jones, Louise ^b   Vickestaff, Victoria ^b   Sampson, Elizabeth L ^b  

^a DEMENTIA UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CAREGIVERS; COMA; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84978696539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159056     Document Type: Article

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