A complex regional intervention to implement advance care planning in one town's nursing homes: Protocol of a controlled inter-regional study

• Main Authors: Briggs Linda (Author), Hammes Bernard J (Author), Rixen Stephan (Author), Mellert Christine (Author), Rothärmel Sonja (Author), in der Schmitten Jürgen (Author), Wegscheider Karl (Author), Marckmann Georg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an emerging strategy to ensure that well-reflected, meaningful and clearly documented treatment preferences are available and respected when critical decisions about life-sustaining treatment need to be...