BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Advance care planning (ACP) has shown benefit in some, but
not all, studies. It is important to understand the utility of ACP. We conducted a scoping …

Advance care planning (ACP), involving discussions between patients, families and
healthcare professionals on future healthcare decisions, in advance of anticipated …

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There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care
expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service …

Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-
of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and …

Growing evidence suggests a low engagement in advance care planning (ACP) among
ethnic minorities in the US The purpose of this study was to synthesize findings from prior …

Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on Alternate Decision Makers | New England
Journal of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage …

Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice, Fourth Edition,
remains the only comprehensive textbook available on the ethical issues faced by APNs …

Abstract Background: Black and Hispanic older Americans are less likely than white older
Americans to possess advance directives. Understanding the reasons for this racial and …

Objectives It is important that the outcomes of advance care planning (ACP) conversations
are documented and available at the point of care. Advance care directives (ACDs) are a …