Increasing evidence demonstrates the benefits of early end-of-life care discussions with
patients with life-threatening illness and their families. However, these conversations often …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of ongoing communication among
patients, family and health care professionals regarding what plans for future care are …

Importance High-quality conversations between clinicians and seriously ill patients about
values and goals are associated with improved outcomes but occur infrequently. Objective …

Importance Earlier clinician-patient conversations about patients' values, goals, and
preferences in serious illness (ie, serious illness conversations) are associated with better …

Importance Documentation rates of patients' medical wishes are often low. It is unknown
whether easy-to-use, patient-facing advance care planning (ACP) interventions can …

Purpose Accurate illness understanding enables patients to make informed decisions.
Evidence of the influence of prognostic discussions on the accuracy of illness understanding …

Importance Little is known about whether clinicians and surrogate decision makers follow
recommended strategies for shared decision making by incorporating intensive care unit …

Importance Misperceptions about prognosis by individuals making decisions for
incapacitated critically ill patients (surrogates) are common and often attributed to poor …

Objective To identify barriers to and enablers of advance care planning (ACP) perceived by
physicians and other health professionals in primary care. Design Cross-sectional, self …

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 …