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A review of paper-based advance care planning aids

BMC Palliative Care, 2018
Background Advance care planning (ACP) aids can help prepare patients, family members, and physicians for in-the-moment medical decision-making. We wished to describe the content and approach of paper-based ACP aids in order to characterize existing aids
John F. P. Bridges, Thomas Lynch, Anne L. R. Schuster, Norah L. Crossnohere, Katherine Clegg Smith, Rebecca A. Aslakson   +5 more
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End of Life Care Practices for Patients Who Die in Intensive Care Units (ICU) [PDF]

, 2017
Today, one in five hospital deaths happens in the intensive care unit with the expectation of twice as many by 2030. Increasing, mortality has triggered a growing attention to end-of-life (EOL) care in the ICU.
Ghabeljoo, Jila
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A qualitative study of health care professionals' views and experiences of paediatric advance care planning [PDF]

, 2018
Background Good end-of-life care planning is vital to ensure optimal care is provided for patients and their families. Two key factors are open and honest advance care planning conversations between the patient (where possible), family, and health care ...
A Brinkman-Stoppelenburg, A Durrall, A Tod, A Tong, A Topping, American Academy of Pediatrics, Barbara A. Jack, C Kitzinger, CM Cartwright, D Widdas, DF Polit, J Addington-Hall, J Green, JD Lotz, JD Lotz, Katherine Knighting, KM Detering, LL Emanuel, M Lewis, M Robbins, M Saks, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Mary R. O’Brien, MB Miles, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, R Sudore, S Bird, Sergio A. Silverio, Together for Short Lives, Tracy K. Mitchell, V Braun, V Mignani   +31 more
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Advance care planning

Clinical 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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Geriatric Cardiology OSCE: The Hidden Curriculum, Identifying End Stage Heart Disease & Clarifying Care Goals

MedEdPORTAL, 2013
Introduction Fellowship Programs must soon comply with the ACGME's Next Accreditation System (NAS) Milestone performance tracking and reporting requirement and consider Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) to measure fellow performance.
Kathryn Denson, Gabriel Manzi, Diane Brown, Catharine Malmsten   +3 more
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People with Multiple Long-Term Health Problems: Personalized Care Planning

Portuguese Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: The personalized care planning is a collaborative process used in managing long-term health conditions when the person and health professionals identify and discuss problems caused by or related to the health condition and develop a plan to ...
Edgar Canais, Lucília Nunes
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Caspian nursing process: Impactions on new-onset constipations in admission, discharge, and follow-up of acute stroke patients

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2022
Background: Structural planning is essential for the management of constipation in stroke patients. The current study aims to determine the impact of a care plan on the frequency of new-onset constipation following stroke.
Shayan Alijanpour, Nasrollah Alimohamadi, Soraya Khafri, Mostafa Akbarian Rokni, Fariborz Khorvash   +4 more
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The Effect of Discharge Planning on Treatment Adherence among The Elderly with Hypertension in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Discharge planning is a process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from hospital by considering the patient's needs in the community. It involves the patient, carer, family, and any staff involved in the patient'
Negara, C. K. (Candra )
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Incidence and factors associated with newly implemented do‐not‐attempt‐resuscitation orders among deteriorating patients after rapid response system activation: A retrospective observational study using a Japanese multicenter database

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Aim The rapid response system (RRS) was initially aimed to improve patient outcomes. Recently, some studies have implicated that RRS might facilitate do‐not‐attempt‐resuscitation (DNAR) orders among patients, their families, and healthcare providers ...
Tatsuya Tsuji, Yoshiki Sento, Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Tetsuya Tamura, Eisuke Kako, Izumi Sato, Koji Kawakami, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Takaki Naito, Shigeki Fujitani, Kazuya Sobue   +10 more
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Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients and their care providers.
A Worth, C Pentheny O’Kelly De, D Coleman, E Wilkinson, Edwina Brown, Emma Wilkinson, F Murtagh, G Randhawa, Graham Warwick, Gurch Randhawa, J Kai, J Koffman, J Reit Papp Van, J Ritchie, JE Somerville, John Stoves, Ken Farrington, M Silva Gane Da, M Silva Gane Da, Maria Da Silva Gane, N Evans, P Roderick, Regina Magee, S Chandna, S Davison, S Gunda, Sue Sharman, Tahira Akhtar   +27 more
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