Background Lack of knowledge is one of the main reasons for the low rates of completion of
Advance Care Planning (ACP). Objective The purpose of this study was to systematically …

Background Advance care planning (ACP) enables patients to consider, discuss and, if they
wish, document their wishes and preferences for future care, including decisions to refuse …

Background: Health-care costs are growing, with little population-based data about people's
priorities for end-of-life care, to guide service development and aid discussions. Aim: We …

Traditional healthcare services have demonstrated structural shortcomings in the delivery of
patient care and enforced numerous elements of integration in the delivery of healthcare …

Background Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a systematic approach to ensure that effective
advance directives (ADs) are developed and respected. We studied the effects of …

Background This paper joins the debate over changes in the role of health professionals
when applying advance directives to manage the decision-making process at the end of life …

Purpose Many cancer patients do not have advance directives (ADs), which may lead to
unwanted excessive or aggressive care when patients have lost decision-making capacity …

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of clinician perception of inappropriate
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) regarding the last out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest …

Abstract Background In Mainland China, advance directives (ADs) and end-of-life care for
patients with tumours, especially patients with brain tumours who may have lost …

Background Studies indicated that patients with advance directives (ADs) have a generally
better quality of life near death. Yet, the concept of ADs is relatively new in East Asian …