Promoting advance care planning among community-based older adults: A randomized controlled trial

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1785-1795

  Bravo, Gina ^a,b   Trottier, Lise ^b   Arcand, Marcel ^a,b   Boire Lavigne, Anne Marie ^a   Blanchette, Danièle ^a,b   Dubois, Marie France ^a,b   Guay, Maryse ^a,c   Lane, Julie ^b   Hottin, Paule ^a   Bellemare, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Advance directives; Clinical vignettes; Competence; Completion rate; Substitute decision making

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIGNETTE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; LIVING WILL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROXY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84992374732     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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