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Advance care planning [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine
Advance care planning (ACP) is done in anticipation of something adverse happening and the likelihood of losing the capacity to be involved in future decision making. ACP encourages people to think about what might happen in serious illness scenarios and
Lucy Robinson, Paul Paes
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Pediatric Advance Care Planning: A Scoping Review

open access: yesChildren, 2023
To assess current practice and provide a basis for a provincial template, clinicians at a Canadian pediatric hospice reviewed the literature surrounding pediatric advance care planning (pACP) documentation, process, and implementation for children/youth.
Nadine Lusney   +4 more
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Measurement instruments in advance care planning: A systematic review of psychometric properties [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Background: The use of accurate and targeted measurement instruments is critical for better understanding and supporting participation in advance care planning.
Chao Zhang   +3 more
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Differences in perspectives of pediatricians on advance care planning: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The increase in the number of pediatric patients with complex health conditions necessitates the application of advance care planning for children.
In Gyu Song   +5 more
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The care planning umbrella: The evolution of advance care planning

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2023
Department of Community & Health Systems, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of
Susan E. Hickman   +4 more
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A Dutch paediatric palliative care guideline: a systematic review and recommendations on advance care planning and shared decision-making [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care
Background In paediatric palliative care, children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions, their families, and their health care professionals often face difficult decisions about treatment, goals of care, and delivery of care.
Kim C. van Teunenbroek   +12 more
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Advance directives and cancer: oncology practices in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Bioética, 2023
Data on advance directives in Brazil are lacking. This study aims to assess the understanding of oncologists regarding advance directives and the frequency with which they discuss advance directives and advance care planning with their patients in Brazil.
Eni Devay de Freitas, Rui Nunes
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Advance Care Planning in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yesZeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen, 2023
The Dutch health care system fosters a strong public health sector offering accessible generalist care including generalist palliative care. General practitioners are well positioned to conduct ACP, for example, to continue or initiate conversations after hospitalization.
van der Steen, Jenny T.   +6 more
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Advance care planning [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Nursing, 2020
The article provides an overview of advance care planning (ACP), discusses why ACP is important, highlights the barriers to having conversations and discusses the role of the nurse in supporting patients with ACP. It highlights the importance of open and honest conversations with patients regarding their future care; and mentions that conversations ...
Merlane, Helen, Armstrong, Leonie
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Organisational and advance care planning program characteristics associated with advance care directive completion: a prospective multicentre cross-sectional audit among health and residential aged care services caring for older Australians

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Advance care planning (ACP) and advance care directive (ACD) completion improve outcomes for patients, family, clinicians and the healthcare system. However, uptake remains low.
Karen M. Detering   +6 more
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