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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The experience of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and advance care-planning: a South Australian perspective |
Author: | Brown, M. Brooksbank, M. Burgess, T. Young, M. Crawford, G. |
Citation: | Journal of Law and Medicine, 2012; 20(2):400-409 |
Publisher: | Lawbook Co. |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1320-159X 1320-159X |
Statement of Responsibility: | M. Brown, M.A. Brooksbank, T.A. Burgess, M. Young and G.B. Crawford |
Abstract: | Advance care-planning conversations with people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are important because of the severity of the disease and the unpredictable timing of death. Advance care-planning is a process involving conversations about future wishes, including end-of-life care and the appointment of a substitute decision-maker. This qualitative research explored issues relating to end-of-life decisions with 15 individuals and their carers living in the community who had severe COPD. Findings indicated that, although patients and carers would welcome the opportunity to discuss end-of-life decisions, almost no conversation about care-planning had been initiated by health professionals with any of the participants. It also demonstrated that professional support is required to assist with advance care-planning and the completion of the legal advance directive documents. |
Keywords: | Humans Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Severity of Illness Index Attitude to Death Aged Middle Aged Caregivers Advance Care Planning Australia Female Male Interviews as Topic |
Rights: | © 2013 Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/519359 |
Description (link): | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23431856 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Medicine publications |
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