Advance care planning honors patients' goals and preferences for future care by creating a
plan for when illness or injury impedes the ability to think or communicate about health …

We now have a decade of experience with advance directives since the Patient Self-
Determination Act was signed into law in November 1990. With few exceptions, empirical …

Objective: to elaborate the conceptual theoretical-legal provisions and scientific
recommendations for the substantiating the inefficiency of mandated disclosure. Methods …

ContextQuality end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as an ethical obligation of health
care providers, both clinicians and organizations. However, this concept has not been …

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Background Instructional advance directives are widely advocated as a means of preserving
patient self-determination at the end of life based on the assumption that they improve …

Background Traditional academic assumptions about advance care planning (ACP) include
the following:(1) the purpose of ACP is preparing for incapacity;(2) ACP is based on the …

OBJECTIVES: The Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST), a
comprehensive, one‐page order form, was developed to convey preferences for life …

Background Patients with chronic and terminal disease frequently do not talk to their
physicians about end-of-life care. Interventions to improve this communication have …

Good communication is a fundamental skill for all palliative care clinicians. Patients present
with varied desires, beliefs, and cultural practices, and navigating these issues presents …