Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly implemented in oncology and beyond, but a
definition of ACP and recommendations concerning its use are lacking. We used a formal …

Efforts to promote the completion of advance directives implicitly assume that completion
rates of these documents, which help ensure care consistent with people's preferences in …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) involves important decision making about future
medical needs. The high-volume and disparate nature of ACP research makes it difficult to …

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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 …

Background Patients with advanced cancer may benefit from end of life (EOL) planning, but
there is evidence that their willingness and desire to engage in advance care planning …

Background Achieving choice is proposed as a quality marker. But little is known about what
influences preferences especially among older adults. We aimed to determine and compare …

Background Older adults with advanced CKD have significant pain, other symptoms, and
disability. To help ensure that care is consistent with patients' values, nephrology providers …

Background Medical orders for the use of life-supports should be informed by patients'
values and treatment preferences. The purpose of this study was to explore the internal …

Background end-of-life care is not always in line with end-of-life preferences, so patients do
not always die at their preferred place of death (PPD). This study aims to identify factors …