A population-based study on advance directive completion and completion intention among citizens of the western Canadian province of Alberta.

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Published in J Palliat Care on January 01, 2013

Authors

Donna M Wilson1, Dirk Houttekier, Sabu Aliyar Kunju, Stephen Birch, Joachim Cohen, Rod MacLeod, Jessica A Hewitt

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9. donna.wilson@ualberta.ca

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