Background: High-quality care for seriously ill patients aligns treatment with their goals and
values. Failure to achieve “goal-concordant” care is a medical error that can harm patients …

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

Bereavement care is considered an integral component of quality end-of-life care endorsed
by the palliative care movement. However, few hospitals and health care institutions offer …

Importance End-of-life care costs are high and decedents often experience poor quality of
care. Numerous factors influence changes in site of death, health care transitions, and …

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

Purpose We describe the key elements of early palliative care (PC) across the illness
trajectory and examine whether visit content was associated with patient-reported outcomes …

Importance Clinician communication about goals of care is associated with improved patient
outcomes and reduced intensity of end-of-life care, but it is unclear whether interventions …

Importance Patients with chronic illness frequently use Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining
Treatment (POLST) to document treatment limitations. Objectives To evaluate the …

The pace of technological advancements in the intensive care unit (ICU) challenges
clinicians' ability to manage ethical and decision-making challenges near the end of life …