The long term impact of an end-of-life communication intervention among veterans with COPD

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 30-34

  Reinke, Lynn F ^a,b   Feemster, Laura C ^a,b   McDowell, Jennifer ^a   Gunnink, Eric ^a   Tartaglione, Erica V ^a   Udris, Edmunds ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Au, David H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Clinician communication skills; End of life communication; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERMINAL CARE; VETERAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; VETERANS;

EID: 85006276778     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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