Influences on Care Preferences of Older People with Advanced Illness: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1031-1039

  Etkind, Simon N ^a   Bone, Anna E ^a   Lovell, Natasha ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

palliative care; patient preference; systematic review; terminal care; terminally ill

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FAMILY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL VALUE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85043322309     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15272     Document Type: Review

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