Retrospective cohort analysis of real-life decisions about end-of-life care preferences in a Southeast Asian country

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Tan, Woan Shin ^a,b,c   Bajpai, Ram ^a   Ho, Andy Hau Yan ^a,d   Low, Chan Kee ^a   Car, Josip ^a,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^d The Palliative Centre for Excellence in Research and Education   (Singapore)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advance care planning; cross sectional study; patient preferences; place of care; place of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85061146807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024662     Document Type: Article

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