Context Advance care planning (ACP) is essential to elicit goals, values, and preferences of
care in older adults with serious illness and on trajectories of frailty. An exploration of ACP …

Population ageing poses considerable challenges to the provision of quality end-of-life care.
The population of the United States is increasingly diverse, making it imperative to design …

Background Communication about the end of life is especially important in the family
context, as patients and their families are considered as the care unit in palliative care. Open …

In this discussion paper we consider the influence of ethnicity, religiosity, spirituality and
health literacy on Advance Care Planning for older people. Older people from cultural and …

Purpose Little has been determined regarding the association between patients' and
families' illness understanding and preferences for medical care. We aimed to evaluate the …

Study objective Resuscitation measures should be guided by previous patient choices about
end-of-life care, when they exist; however, documentation of these choices can be unclear …

Background: Although advance care planning discussions are increasingly accepted
worldwide, their ideal timing is uncertain and cultural factors may pertain. Aim: To evaluate …

Purpose of the Study: A vast literature has examined family caregivers, but few studies
explore transitions from providing ordinary support to parents to situations involving …

Background: The relationship between advance care planning and religious beliefs, which
are important for palliative care, is controversial in Western countries and has not been …

Context Advance care planning (ACP) is the process by which patients, together with their
physician and loved ones, establish preferences for future care. Because previous research …