Death and end-of-life planning in one midwestern community
BJ Hammes, BL Rooney - Archives of internal medicine, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Background The major health care organizations in a geographically defined area
implemented an extensive, collaborative advance directive education program
approximately 2 years prior to this study. Objectives To determine for a geographically
defined population the prevalence and type of end-of-life planning and the relationship
between end-of-life plans and decisions in all local health care organizations, including
hospitals, medical clinics, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospices, and the …
implemented an extensive, collaborative advance directive education program
approximately 2 years prior to this study. Objectives To determine for a geographically
defined population the prevalence and type of end-of-life planning and the relationship
between end-of-life plans and decisions in all local health care organizations, including
hospitals, medical clinics, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospices, and the …