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 …

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 …

Introduction Ensuring that patients receive care that is consistent with their goals and values
is a critical component of high-quality care. This article describes the protocol for a cluster …

PURPOSE To provide updated evidence-and consensus-based guideline
recommendations to practicing oncologists and others on the management of brain …

Purpose To determine how prognostic conversations influence perceptions of life
expectancy (LE), distress, and the patient-physician relationship among patients with …

Context Talking about death can be difficult. Without evidence that end-of-life discussions
improve patient outcomes, physicians must balance their desire to honor patient autonomy …

Purpose To develop recommendations about endocrine therapy for women with hormone
receptor (HR)–positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Methods The American Society of …

Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations to practicing oncologists and others
on systemic therapy for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

Background Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with a great
diversity in outcomes among individual patients. The ability to accurately predict a breast …