Perspectives on advance care planning among patients recently requiring non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure: A qualitative study using thematic analysis

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 566-574

  Smith, Tracy A ^a,b   Disler, Rebecca T ^c,d   Jenkins, Christine R ^e,f   Ingham, Jane M ^a,g   Davidson, Patricia M ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ImPaCCT (Improving Palliative Care through Clinical Trials) NSW Palliative Care Collaborative Clinical Trials Group   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

^f George Institute   (Australia)

^g St Vincent's Health Network   (Australia)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude to health; chronic disease; chronic obstructive; heart failure; patient centred care; Pulmonary disease; qualitative research; respiratory insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 85018986588     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216316670286     Document Type: Article

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