July 8, 2019
Who makes decisions for incapacitated patients who have no surrogate or advance directive?
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/who-makes-decisions-incapacitated-patients-who-have-no-surrogate-or-advance-directive/2019-07Unrepresented patients are those who have no surrogate or advance directive to guide medical decision making for them when they become incapacitated. While there is no […]
July 2, 2019
Do we know what we mean? An examination of the use of the phrase ‘goals of care’ in the literature
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jpm.2019.0059There is no consensus approach to describe the process or components of goals of care (GOC) conversations.
July 2, 2019
Toward understanding the relationship between prioritized values and preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation among seriously ill adults
https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(19)30344-6/fulltextPrioritizing amongst potentially conflicting end-of-life values may help patients discriminate amongst treatments and allow clinicians to align treatments with values.
July 2, 2019
The Second Conversation project – improving training in end-of-life care communication among junior doctors
http://futurehospital.rcpjournal.org/content/6/2/129.fullJunior doctors describe a need for greater support and training in end of life care (EoLC) communication skills.