Communication skills for advance care planning at end-of-life
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Chapter 49. Advance Planning For End-of-Life Care
Physicians and other health care workers have long struggled with decisions regarding care for patients at the end of life. An important component of this care involves assessing and understanding patient preferences for care through ongoing discussions with competent adult patients and/or their family members or surrogates. Advance care planning protects patient autonomy and helps to assure th...
متن کاملAdvance care planning: preferences for care at the end of life.
Predictors of patient wishes and influence of family and clinicians are discussed. Research findings on patient decision-making relating to preferences in end-of-life care are described. Advance directives and durable powers of attorney are defined and differentiated. Most patients have not participated in advance care planning and the need for more effective planning is documented. Appropriate...
متن کاملBeyond advance directives: importance of communication skills at the end of life.
Patients and their families struggle with myriad choices concerning medical treatments that frequently precede death. Advance directives have been proposed as a tool to facilitate end-of-life decision making, yet frequently fail to achieve this goal. In the context of the case of a man with metastatic cancer for whom an advance directive was unable to prevent a traumatic death, I review the cha...
متن کاملAdvance care planning in end of life care Keri Thomas and Ben Lobo Advance care planning in end of life care £29.95 328pp 9780199561636 019956163X [Formula: see text].
This Book reflects the interest in advance care planning based on shared decision making and the recommendation that it becomes an integral part of care for those nearing the end of their lives. as this is a topic that all nurses will encounter it is a subject worth considering.
متن کاملCLINICIAN’S CORNER PERSPECTIVES ON CARE AT THE CLOSE OF LIFE Beyond Advance Directives Importance of Communication Skills at the End of Life
Mr N was a 55-year-old man with a radiographic diagnosis of pancreatic cancer invasive to colon and liver; however, biopsy was nondiagnostic. Mr N met with his primary care physician, Dr W, and told him that he wanted to pursue a tissue diagnosis and consider anticancer treatment, yet he valued his physical functioning even at the expense of longevity. He wished to avoid being “hooked up to mac...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2045-435X,2045-4368
DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000053.16