"Advance care planning and end of life care in a network of rural Western Australian hospitals" by Kirsten Auret

Article

Advance care planning and end of life care in a network of rural Western Australian hospitals

Australian Journal of Rural Health (2015)

Kirsten Auret, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia
Dr Craig Sinclair, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Barbara Averill, Albany Community Hospice, Albany, WA
Sharon Evans, Rural Clinical School of Western Australia

Abstract
Objective: To provide a current perspective on end-oflife
(EOL) care in regional Western Australia, with a
particular focus on the final admission prior to death
and the presence of documented advance care planning
(ACP).
Design: Retrospective medical notes audit.
Setting: One regional hospital (including colocated
hospice) and four small rural hospitals in the Great
Southern region of Western Australia.

Keywords

Advance care planning,
Palliative care,
Regional health planning

Disciplines

Palliative Care and
Public Health

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.1111/ajr.12167

Citation Information

Kirsten Auret, Craig Sinclair, Barbara Averill and Sharon Evans. "Advance care planning and end of life care in a network of rural Western Australian hospitals" Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 23 Iss. 4 (2015) p. 195 - 200
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-sinclair/7/