Journal article
Failure to Engage Hospitalized Elderly Patients and Their Families in Advance Care Planning
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Advance care planning can improve patient-centered care and potentially reduce intensification of care at the end of life.
OBJECTIVES: To inquire about patients' advance care planning activities before hospitalization and preferences for care from the perspectives of patients and family members, as well as to measure real-time concordance between expressed preferences for care and documentation of those preferences in the medical …
Authors
Heyland DK; Barwich D; Pichora D; Dodek P; Lamontagne F; You JJ; Tayler C; Porterfield P; Sinuff T; Simon J
Journal
JAMA Internal Medicine, Vol. 173, No. 9, pp. 778–787
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
May 13, 2013
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.180
ISSN
2168-6106