Although the majority of older adults in the developed world live with multiple chronic
conditions (MCCs), the task of selecting optimal treatment regimens is still fraught with …

Background: Congestive heart failure is an increasingly prevalent terminal illness in a
globally aging population. Prognosis for this disease remains poor despite optimal therapy …

Objective Accurate understanding of the extent of disease, treatment goal, and prognosis is
a prerequisite for patients with cancer and their caregivers to make informed decision. We …

PURPOSE Clinical practice guidelines recommend incorporating long-term life expectancy
to inform a number of decisions in primary care. We aimed to examine older adults' …

Background: Palliative care for heart failure (HF) patients is recommended in Western
guidelines, so this study aimed to clarify the current status of palliative care for HF patients in …

Objective Our main objective was to assess patient and family members' perception of bad
news communication in the emergency department (ED) and compare these with …

Aim and objectives To describe patients' experiences of communication about their heart
failure prognosis and explore how these experiences affected their preferences for future …

Objective: We sought to characterize patterns of communication extrinsic to a decision aid
that may impede goal-concordant care. Background: Decision aids are designed to facilitate …

Objective: Patient-centered decision making requires cancer patients be actively involved
and feel sufficiently informed about their care, but patients' preferences for information are …

Objective We assessed information provision and information needs about illness course,
treatments, palliative care and euthanasia in cancer patients. Methods Cancer patients …