Background: Advance Care Planning is an iterative process of discussion, decision-making
and documentation about end-of-life care. Advance Care Planning is highly relevant in …

Objective. The aim of this systematic review is to identify the perceived factors hindering or
facilitating GPs in engaging in advance care planning (ACP) with their patients about care at …

ContextAlthough advance directives are commonly used in the community, little is known
about the effects of their systematic implementation. ObjectivesTo examine the effect of …

Aims and objectives To explore nurses' views regarding implementing advance care
planning for older people. Background Advance care planning is recommended as a way for …

Objectives To determine the effect of the critical care outreach team on patient survival to
discharge from hospital after discharge from critical care and readmission to critical care …

This report on end‐of‐life decision‐making in Canada was produced by an international
expert panel and commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada. It consists of five chapters …

Background: The attitudes of hospitalized patients and their attending physicians about
advance directives have not been well studied. We compared these attitudes and explored …

Objective To explore health professionals' decision making in a critical care scenario when
there is an advance directive. Design Qualitative study. Setting Scotland. Participants …

Background. Advance care planning (ACP) has been gaining prominence for its perceived
benefits for patients in enhancing patient autonomy and ensuring high-quality end-of-life …

Objectives—The study was performed in order to investigate how end-of-life decisions are
influenced by cultural and sociopolitical circumstances and to explore the compliance of …