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

BMJ · 2010 · Vol. 340(mar23 1) · pp. c1345–c1345

Karen Detering✉(Austin Health)A Hancock(Austin Health)Michael C. Reade(Austin Health)William Silvester(Austin Health)

Abstract

Advance care planning improves end of life care and patient and family satisfaction and reduces stress, anxiety, and depression in surviving relatives. Trial registration Australian New Zealand clinical trials registry ACTRN12608000539336.

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Patient Dignity and PrivacyAdvance care planningMedicineIntervention (counseling)AnxietyRandomized controlled trialDepression (economics)End-of-life carePatient satisfactionFamily medicinePalliative care

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AgedAged, 80 and overFamily HealthFemaleHumansMaleProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesTerminal CareVictoriaTreatment OutcomePatient SatisfactionTerminally IllAdvance Directive AdherenceAdvance Care Planning

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