Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers

Med J Aust. 2007 Jun 18;186(S12):S77-S105. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01100.x.

Authors

Josephine M Clayton¹, Karen M Hancock, Phyllis N Butow, Martin H N Tattersall, David C Currow; Australian and new Zealand Expert Advisory Group; Jonathan Adler, Sanchia Aranda, Kirsten Auret, Fran Boyle, Annette Britton, Richard Chye, Katy Clark, Patricia Davidson, Jan Maree Davis, Afaf Girgis, Sara Graham, Janet Hardy, Kate Introna, John Kearsley, Ian Kerridge, Linda Kristjanson, Peter Martin, Amanda McBride, Anne Meller, Geoffrey Mitchell, Alison Moore, Beverley Noble, Ian Olver, Sharon Parker, Matthew Peters, Peter Saul, Cameron Stewart, Lyn Swinburne, Bernadette Tobin, Kathryn Tuckwell, Patsy Yates; Australasian Society of HIV Medicine; Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine; Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine; Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine; Australian General Practice Network; Australian Society of Geriatric Medicine; Cancer Voices Australia; Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand; Clinical Oncological Soceity of Australia; Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia; Palliative Care Australia; Palliative Care Nurses Australia; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; Royal College of Nursing, Australia; Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Affiliation

¹ Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. jclayton@med.usyd.edu.au

PMID: 17727340
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01100.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Advance Care Planning
Attitude to Death*
Caregivers / psychology*
Communication*
Documentation
Humans
Physician-Patient Relations*
Prognosis
Terminal Care / psychology*
Terminally Ill / psychology*