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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2005

Should research be part of advance care planning?

Alexandra M Easson

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Alexandra M EassonUniversity of Toronto, Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Easson.Alexandra@uhn.on.ca

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advance care planning is a process to help people to formulate and communicate their preferences regarding future care during critical illness. Reviews of the advance care planning process in its current form have been disappointing. Improvements in care at the end of life and palliative care are necessary for the provision of modern medical care. Medical research has led to many improvements at the physiological and technological levels. It is only by applying the same rigour of scientific study and research ethics that improvements in the advance care planning process can be made.

Indexed as

Advance Care PlanningEthics, ResearchHumansPalliative CareDeath and Euthanasia

Identifiers

PMID15693972
PMCPMC1065115

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