Journal article
Influencing advance directive completion rates in non-terminally ill patients: a systematic review
Abstract
PURPOSE: To conduct a systematic review of educational advance care planning interventions directed at patients without terminal illness to determine their influence on the completion rate of advance directives (AD).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched MEDLINE; Cochrane Library, and reference lists of all pertinent retrieved articles for randomized trials (RCTs), restricted to English language and adults > or =18 years. Two investigators …
Authors
Patel RV; Sinuff T; Cook DJ
Journal
Journal of Critical Care, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1–9
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.02.002
ISSN
0883-9441