What Influences Individuals to Engage in Advance Care Planning?

Advance care planning in severe COPD: it is time to engage with the future

Advance care planning should be part of our clinical routine in severe COPD http://ow.ly/Cshs30i8FS9.

Barriers and facilitators for general practitioners to engage in advance care planning: A systematic review

OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review is to identify the perceived factors hindering or facilitating GPs in engaging in advance care planning (ACP) with their patients about care at the end of life. DESIGN Studies from 1990 to 2011 were found in four electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO); by contacting first authors of included studies and key experts; and searching th...

Advance care planning in primary care.

Barriers to advance care planning in primary care.

to assess whether introducing beta-blockade immediately prior to surgery and continuing it for 30 days reduced the risk of cardiac events in patients at risk of, or with, coronary artery disease, vascular disease, previous stroke, etc. In POISE, about 60% of patients had a history of hypertension, but there are no data on the quality of blood pressure control or the presence or absence of eleva...

Advance care planning in the elderly.

Key components of advance care planning (ACP) for the elderly include choosing a surrogate decision maker, identifying personal values, communicating with surrogates and clinicians, documenting wishes in advance directives, and translating values and preferences for future medical care into medical orders. ACP often involves multiple brief discussions over time. This article outlines common ben...