Rural health professionals' experiences in implementing advance care planning: A focus group study

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 423-427

  Fletcher, Sophie ^a   Sinclair, Craig ^a   Rhee, Joel ^b   Goh, Desiree ^a   Auret, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PLANT LEAF; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84992028372     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY15004     Document Type: Article

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