Ihave been thinking a lot recently about the eerily prophetic words of the early 20th century
journalist and satirist, HL Mencken, in the midst of New York's COVID-19 pandemic. 1 As I …

Patients and their families struggle with myriad choices concerning medical treatments that
frequently precede death. Advance directives have been proposed as a tool to facilitate end …

Background: Advance care planning is the process of discussing and recording patient
preferences concerning goals of care for patients who may lose capacity or communication …

Background: While there is increasing evidence that Advance Care Planning has the
potential to strengthen patient autonomy and improve quality of care near the end of life, it …

Context Advance care planning (ACP) has focused on documenting life-sustaining treatment
preferences in advance directives (ADs). The ADs alone may be insufficient to prepare …

The Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment
(SUPPORT) was a landmark study regarding end-of-life decision making and advance care …

Mrs. S knew her husband had a living will and a durable power of attorney that named her
as the proxy--what she didn't know was when to stop the ventilator. When were the words “in …

Background: Advance care planning and goals of care discussions involve the exploration
of what is most important to a person, including their values and beliefs in preparation for …

WHEN Ijoined THE Respecting Choices® Advance Care Planning (ACP) team at
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, almost 4 years ago, I was …

An advance directive (AD) allows a patient to communicate health care preferences in the
event that he or she is no longer able to make these decisions (1). Many view advance care …