Advance Care Planning - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment.

6 Oct 2008 CONTEXT: Talking about death can be difficult. Without evidence that end-of-life discussions improve patient outcomes, physicians must balance their desire to honor patient autonomy against a concern of inflicting psychological harm. OBJECTIVE: To ... Read more...

Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferences.

30 Aug 2008 PURPOSE: Despite well-documented racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning (ACP), we know little about why these differences exist. This study tested proposed mediators of racial/ethnic differences in ACP. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We ... Read more...

Informal caregivers: communication and decision making.

30 Aug 2008 Communicating about care preferences can improve the well-being of caregivers and care ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Advance Care Planning'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. 6 Oct 2008
• Racial and ethnic differences in advance care planning among patients with cancer: impact of terminal illness acknowledgment, religiousness, and treatment preferences. 30 Aug 2008
• Informal caregivers: communication and decision making. 30 Aug 2008
• Survey results renew public interest in advance care planning. 30 Aug 2008
• Advanced illness care in older adults: many lessons yet to be learned. 30 Aug 2008
• Advance care planning and health care preferences of community-dwelling elders: the Framingham Heart Study. 30 Aug 2008
• Integrating palliative care in severe chronic obstructive lung disease. 30 Jul 2008
• Respectful death: a model for end-of-life care. 30 Jul 2008
• Identifying the factors that facilitate or hinder advance planning by persons with dementia. 29 Jun 2008
• End-of-life strategy to ensure quality care for dying patients. 29 Jun 2008
• Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Dutch hospitals: the role of nurses. 30 May 2008
• New developments in radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: intensity-modulated radiation therapy and hypoxia targeting. 30 May 2008
• Toward a better understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 30 May 2008
• Advance directives in Spain. Perspectives from a medical bioethicist approach. 10 May 2008
• End-of-life decisions. 29 Apr 2008
• Elderly Indo-Caribbean Hindus and end-of-life care: a community-based exploratory study. 16 Apr 2008
• Engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning process: a descriptive study of diverse older adults. 8 Apr 2008
• Ensuring there are more opportunities to GIVE. 30 Mar 2008
• Discussing preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: what do resident physicians and their hospitalized patients think was decided? 9 Mar 2008
• Can't we improve on advance directives? 2 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Advance Care Planning'

Definition: Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions.

Descriptor UI: D032722

Alternative terms: Advance Care Planning; Advance Health Care Planning; Advance Medical Planning; Medical Planning, Advance; Planning, Advance Medical;

Related Mesh Headings: Terminal Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.624.124;

History Note: 2003; use ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 1999-2002