Journal article
Exploring patient-reported barriers to advance care planning in family practice
Abstract
BackgroundAlthough patient-centred care has become increasingly important across all medical specialties, when it comes to end of life care, research has shown that treatments ordered are not often concordant with people’s expressed preferences. Patient and family engagement in Advance Care Planning (ACP) in the primary care setting could improve the concordance between patients’ wishes and the healthcare received when patients cannot speak for …
Authors
Bernard C; Tan A; Slaven M; Elston D; Heyland DK; Howard M
Journal
BMC Primary Care, Vol. 21, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1186/s12875-020-01167-0
ISSN
1471-2296