Improving advance care planning for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking older adults: study protocol for the PREPARE randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Sudore, Rebecca L ^a,b   Barnes, Deborah E ^a,b,c   Le, Gem M ^a   Ramos, Roberto ^a,d   Osua, Stacy J ^a,d   Richardson, Sarah A ^a,d   Boscardin, John ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; PROXY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85021823983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2016-011705     Document Type: Article

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