February 25, 2019
Serious choices: a systematic environmental scan of decision aids and their use for seriously ill people near death
https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/194394/hospital-medicine/serious-choices-systematic-environmental-scan-decisionPatient decision aids may improve alignment between patients’ preferences and the care they receive, but the quantity, quality, and routine use of these tools are unknown.
February 20, 2019
Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘End Game’ Shows Importance of Talking “Openly About Death”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/motion-picture-tv-fund-ceo-oscar-nominated-doc-short-end-game-1187075Bob Beitcher, who serves as the head of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, reflects on the film about end-of-life treatment.
February 20, 2019
Barriers to Staff Involvement in End-of-Life Decision-Making for Long-Term Care Residents with Dementia
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-on-aging-la-revue-canadienne-du-vieillissement/article/barriers-to-staff-involvement-in-endoflife-decisionmaking-for-longterm-care-residents-with-dementia/C81461D7E7534E1F1B9CBBF10DFFF7FAThe purpose of this study was to examine barriers and facilitators to LTC home staff involvement in end-of-life decision-making for people with advanced dementia.
February 20, 2019
Breaking silence: a survey of barriers to goals of care discussions from the perspective of oncology practitioners
https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-019-5333-xCancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world, and yet healthcare practitioners infrequently discuss goals of care (GoC) with hospitalized cancer patients.