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Healthcare decision-making: past present and future, in light of a diagnosis of dementia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
End-of-life care policy in the UK states that all people should identify their needs, priorities and preferences for end-of-life care in the form of advance care planning.
Dening, KH   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Hope and advance care planning in advanced cancer: Is there a relationship?

open access: yesCancer, 2021
Clinicians often cite a fear of giving up hope as a reason they defer advance care planning (ACP) among patients with advanced cancer. The objective of this study was to determine whether engagement in ACP affects hope in these patients.
Michael G Cohen   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing patient engagement in cancer research: a focus on patient‐centric approaches to scientific discovery

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Patient engagement involves actively including patients in healthcare decisions and research to ensure care and studies align with their needs. This approach improves outcomes, trust, and communication while fostering collaboration between patients and professionals.
Estela Cepeda   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting advance care planning in African American faith communities: literature review and assessment of church-based programs

open access: yesPalliative Care and Social Practice, 2020
Advance care planning is under-used among Black Americans, often because of experiences of racism in the health care system, resulting in a lower quality of care at the end of life.
Jenny McDonnell, Ellen Idler
doaj   +1 more source

Can an Algorithm be My Healthcare Proxy? [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2020
Planning for death is not a process in which everyone participates. Yet a lack of planning can have vast impacts on a patient's well-being, the well-being of her family, and the medical community as a whole. Advance Care Planning (ACP) has been a field in the United States for a half-century. Many modern techniques prompting patients to think about end
arxiv  

The COVID-19 pandemic: A tipping point for advance care planning? Experiences of general practitioners

open access: yesPalliative Medicine, 2021
Background: In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an acute risk of deterioration and dying for many, and an urgent need to start advance care planning. Aim: To explore how general practitioners (GPs) experienced discussing values, goals and preferences ...
J. Dujardin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploration of heterogeneity and recurrence signatures in hepatocellular carcinoma

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study leveraged public datasets and integrative bioinformatic analysis to dissect malignant cell heterogeneity between relapsed and primary HCC, focusing on intercellular communication, differentiation status, metabolic activity, and transcriptomic profiles.
Wen‐Jing Wu   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between physicians’ characteristics and their knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding advance care planning: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2023
Background Despite physicians’ vital role in advance care planning, a limited number of physicians practice it. This study assessed factors associated with physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding advance care planning.
Ayaka Sakamoto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: a systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Objectives A drive to promote advance care planning at a population level has led to a proliferation of online advance care directive (ACD) templates but little information to guide consumer choice.
Agar, M   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Advance Care Planning Video Intervention Among Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

open access: yesJAMA Internal Medicine, 2020
Importance Standardized, evidenced-based approaches to conducting advance care planning (ACP) in nursing homes are lacking. Objective To test the effect of an ACP video program on hospital transfers, burdensome treatments, and hospice enrollment among ...
S. Mitchell   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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