Goals of Care: Development and Use of the Serious Veterinary

Vet. Clin. North Am. Small Anim. Pract. · May 2019

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Goals of Care: Development and Use of the Serious Veterinary Illness Conversation Guide.

Goals of care (GOC) conversations and resulting goal-concordant treatment are the heart of palliative medicine. Despite repeated evidence that GOC conversations offer significant benefit and minimal harm, barriers to widespread and high-quality implementation persist in human medicine. ⋯ The Serious Illness Conversation Guide was developed for human patients and has been modified for use in the veterinary profession. The guide promotes individualized, goal-concordant care planning even when conflict and emotional demands are high.

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- Katherine J Goldberg.
- Whole Animal Veterinary Geriatrics and Palliative Care Services, Ithaca, NY, USA; Cornell Health, Counseling and Psychological Services, Ithaca, NY, USA; University of Tennessee Veterinary Social Work Certificate Program, Knoxville, TN, USA. Electronic address: info@wholeanimalvet.com.
- Vet. Clin. North Am. Small Anim. Pract. 2019 May 1; 49 (3): 399-415.
AbstractGoals of care (GOC) conversations and resulting goal-concordant treatment are the heart of palliative medicine. Despite repeated evidence that GOC conversations offer significant benefit and minimal harm, barriers to widespread and high-quality implementation persist in human medicine. One strategy to overcoming these barriers has been utilization of a structured checklist format for serious illness conversations. The Serious Illness Conversation Guide was developed for human patients and has been modified for use in the veterinary profession. The guide promotes individualized, goal-concordant care planning even when conflict and emotional demands are high.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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