Patients’ wishes regarding goals of care should be assessed frequently, similar to assessments for distress, to ensure patients’ wishes are understood and followed at the end of life (EOL).
March 16, 2020
Assessing Goals of Care to Ensure End-of-Life Care Follows Patients’ Wishes
https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/assessing-goals-of-care-ensure-eol-care-based-on-patients-wishes/Patients’ wishes regarding goals of care should be assessed frequently, similar to assessments for distress, to ensure patients’ wishes are understood and followed at the end […]
March 16, 2020
Effect of an Interactive Website to Engage Patients in Advance Care Planning in Outpatient Settings
http://www.annfammed.org/content/18/2/110.fullOnline programs may help to engage patients in advance care planning in outpatient settings. We sought to implement an online advance care planning program, PREPARE (Prepare […]
March 10, 2020
“Please Keep Mom Alive One More Day”—Clashing Directives of a Dying Patient and Her Surrogate
https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(20)30066-X/fulltextAll medical care providers are legally and ethically bound to respect their patients’ wishes. However, as patients lose decision-making capacity and approach end of life, their […]
March 10, 2020
More screening for loneliness needed in vulnerable end-of-life stage, clinical experts stress
https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/more-screening-for-loneliness-needed-in-vulnerable-end-of-life-stage-clinical-experts-stress/Clinicians must do more to screen for and intervene in cases of loneliness among older adults at the end-of-life – not only during the dying period, […]