Advance care planning: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials conducted with older adults

Maturitas

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-109

  Weathers, Elizabeth ^a,c   O'Caoimh, Rónán ^a,b,c   Cornally, Nicola ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Carol ^a   Kearns, Tara ^a   Coffey, Alice ^b   Daly, Edel ^a   O'Sullivan, Ronan ^a   McGlade, Ciara ^a   Molloy, D William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Advance care directives; Advance care planning; Older adults; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; CINAHL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84989953146     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.06.016     Document Type: Review

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