Background: Advance care planning is a process of discussion and review concerning
future care in the event of losing capacity. Aimed at improving the appropriateness and …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
reimburses clinicians for advance care planning (ACP) discussions with Medicare patients …

This study examined the factors related to burnout, depression, job stress, and job
satisfaction in intensive care unit (ICU) nurses caring for do not resuscitate (DNR) patients …

Importance Advance care planning (ACP) is intended to maximize the concordance of
preferences with end-of-life (EOL) care and is assumed to lead to less intensive use of …

This study aimed to investigate physicians' and nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward
advance directives (ADs) for cancer patients, which empower patients to take decisions on …

Resolution of long-standing debates about the role and impact of advance directives—living
wills and powers of attorney for health care—has been hampered by a dearth of appropriate …

The last 25 years have seen a substantial number of studies and commentaries questioning
the value of health care advance directive documents. The weight of evidence suggests that …

Objective A recent study found that the use of a treatment escalation/limitation plan (TELP)
was associated with a significant reduction in non-beneficial interventions (NBIs) and harms …

Background Total costs associated with care for older people nearing the end of life and the
cost variations related with end of life care decisions are not well documented in the …

The use of advance directives is an important component in helping individuals living with
chronic and/or life-threatening illnesses establish goals of care and make decisions …