Definition and recommendations for advance care planning: an international consensus supported by the European Association for Palliative Care

JAC Rietjens, RL Sudore, M Connolly… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
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 …

Approximately one in three US adults completes any type of advance directive for end-of-life care

KN Yadav, NB Gabler, E Cooney, S Kent, J Kim… - Health …, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
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 …

Communication about serious illness care goals: a review and synthesis of best practices

RE Bernacki, SD Block - JAMA internal medicine, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
An understanding of patients' care goals in the context of a serious illness is an essential
element of high-quality care, allowing clinicians to align the care provided with what is most …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: key concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation

MA Spruit, SJ Singh, C Garvey… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation is recognized as a core component of the
management of individuals with chronic respiratory disease. Since the 2006 American …

The effects of advance care planning on end-of-life care: a systematic review

A Brinkman-Stoppelenburg, JAC Rietjens… - Palliative …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Advance care planning is the process of discussing and recording patient
preferences concerning goals of care for patients who may lose capacity or communication …

Efficacy of advance care planning: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CHM Houben, MA Spruit, MTJ Groenen… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To systematically review the efficacy of advance care planning (ACP) interventions
in different adult patient populations. Design Systematic review and meta-analyses. Data …

Advance directives and outcomes of surrogate decision making before death

MJ Silveira, SYH Kim, KM Langa - New England Journal of …, 2010 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Recent discussions about health care reform have raised questions regarding
the value of advance directives. Methods We used data from survey proxies in the Health …

Redefining the “planning” in advance care planning: preparing for end-of-life decision making

RL Sudore, TR Fried - Annals of internal medicine, 2010 - acpjournals.org
The traditional objective of advance care planning has been to have patients make
treatment decisions in advance so that clinicians can attempt to provide care consistent with …

[图书][B] Death, society, and human experience

R Kastenbaum, C Moreman - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Providing an overview of the myriad ways that we are touched by death and dying, both as
an individual and as a member of society, this book will help readers understand our …

End-of-life medical spending in last twelve months of life is lower than previously reported

EB French, J McCauley, M Aragon, P Bakx… - Health …, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Although end-of-life medical spending is often viewed as a major component of aggregate
medical expenditure, accurate measures of this type of medical spending are scarce. We …