The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial

Detering, Karen; Hancock, A; C. Reade, Michael; Silvester, William

doi:10.1136/bmj.c1345

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The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial

Published in BMJ • Mar 23, 2010

Authors:

Karen Detering

A Hancock

Michael C. Reade

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients. DESIGN: Prospective randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Single centre study in a university hospital in Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: 309 legally competent medical inpatients aged 80 or mor...

Subject

Advance care planning

Medicine

Intervention (counseling)

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