End-of-Life Conversations

Conversations at the end of life.

Go Wish: a tool for end-of-life care conversations.

The Go Wish card game is an advance care planning tool developed by Coda Alliance to help people have conversations about end-of-life care. Initially, this tool was designed as an easy, entertaining exercise for low-functioning assisted-living facility residents, their family members, and their CNA/nursing assistants (many of whom have limited English language skills.) Use of the tool can be pr...

Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations.

BACKGROUND Life-sustaining medical care of patients with advanced cancer at the end of life (EOL) is costly. Patient-physician discussions about EOL wishes are associated with lower rates of intensive interventions. METHODS Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Cancer Institute, Coping With Cancer is a longitudinal multi-institutional study of 627 patients with ad...

legal aspects of end of life and end stage disease

Abstract:  Aims: End of Life (EOL) care providers potentially face by variety of legal and professional dilemma. This study is designed to review and analyze these challenges and approaches to solve them. Materials & Methods:   In this narrative review study, legal aspects of end-of-life care in subjects such as medical assisted dying, decision-making capacity and withdrawal of life-sustaining...

Courageous Conversations in the End of Life: Implications for Critical Care Nursing

End of Life (EOL) conversations are complex entities that effect individuals, families, surrogates, and care providers across the lifespan as well as across the care continuum. The sensitive nature of these courageous conversations can be difficult for all parties involved. In this review of the literature (ROL), best practice and clinical practice protocols instituted within the last five year...