Background: Aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care is associated with lower quality of life and
greater regret about treatment decisions. Higher EOL costs are also associated with lower …

Purpose National guidelines recommend that discussions about end-of-life (EOL) care
planning happen early for patients with incurable cancer. We do not know whether earlier …

Background: Early patient-physician care planning discussions may influence the intensity
of end-of-life (EOL) care received by veterans with advanced cancer. Objective: The study …

Background Life-sustaining medical care of patients with advanced cancer at the end of life
(EOL) is costly. Patient-physician discussions about EOL wishes are associated with lower …

Importance Early discussion of end-of-life (EOL) care preferences improves clinical
outcomes and goal-concordant care. However, most EOL discussions occur approximately 1 …

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend advanced care planning for terminally ill patients
with< 1 year to live. Few data are available regarding when physicians and their terminally ill …

BACKGROUND End‐of‐life discussions are associated with decreased use of life‐
sustaining treatments in patients dying of cancer in the outpatient setting, but little is known …

Background: National guidelines recommend that physicians discuss end-of-life (EOL) care
planning with patients with cancer whose life expectancy is less than 1 year. Objective: To …

Background: Honoring patients' treatment preferences is a key component of high-quality
end-of-life care. Connecting clinical practices to patients' preferences requires effective …

Purpose Physicians have an ethical obligation to honor patients' values for care, including at
the end of life (EOL). We sought to evaluate factors that help patients to receive care …