• Nursing outlook · Nov 2012

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    Communication and advanced care planning in palliative and end-of-life care.

    • Deborah P Waldrop and Mary Ann Meeker.
    • University at Buffalo School of Social Work, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. dwaldrop@buffalo.edu
    • Nurs Outlook. 2012 Nov 1;60(6):365-9.

    AbstractCommunication about and planning for the end of life has evolved with medical and technological changes. This article presents a focused literature review of Advance Directives (ADs), Advanced Care Planning (ACP), and communication in palliative and end-of-life care. Two focused Medline searches were conducted to locate articles that addressed ACP in the U.S. Content analysis was utilized to summarize and categorize the literature into five domains: (1) ADs, (2) ACP and communication, (3) Barriers to ACP, (4) Differential domains of ACP, and (5) Interventions to enhance the process. Policies and protocols for ACP and communication have been developed to facilitate the process in different patient populations and locations of care. Effective ACP is an essential component of person-centered end-of-life and palliative care.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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