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Primary care clinicians face difficult conversations with patients across the life cycle. As
clinicians care for patients in different health states, the focus of these challenging …

Patients face difficult decisions about chemotherapy near the end of life. Such treatment
might prolong survival or reduce symptoms but cause adverse effects, prevent the patient …

Purpose Many seriously ill patients with cancer do not discuss prognosis or advance
directives (ADs), which may lead to inappropriate and/or unwanted aggressive care at the …

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly prominent in many countries;
however, the evidence base for its acceptability and effectiveness is limited especially in …

Abstract Background The Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes (PROVEN)
is one of the first large pragmatic randomized clinical trials (pRCTs) to be conducted in US …

Aims and objectives. To explore current practice and opportunities to improve practice in
decision‐making about transfer of nursing home residents to hospital. Background. Nursing …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate Korean attitudes toward advance
directives (ADs) among cancer patients, family caregivers, oncologists, and the general …

Background: Few interventions have focused on improving end-of-life care for underserved
populations, such as homeless persons. Objective: To determine whether homeless persons …

Background/Aims Nursing homes are complex healthcare systems serving an increasingly
sick population. Nursing homes must engage patients in advance care planning, but do so …