Context Advance care planning (ACP) intends to support person-centered medical decision-
making by eliciting patient preferences. Research has not identified significant associations …

ObjectivesIn palliative care, effective communication is essential to adequately meet the
needs and preferences of patients and their relatives. Effective communication includes …

Advance care planning originally focused on the completion of advance directives and tries
to address this need by preparing patients for decision-making …

Objective Communication about patients' values, goals, and prognosis in serious illness
(serious illness communication) is a cornerstone of person-centered care yet difficult to …

Importance Discussions about goals of care with patients who are seriously ill typically occur
infrequently and late in the illness trajectory, are of low quality, and focus narrowly on the …

Background: After a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, people living
with dementia (PWD) and caregivers wonder what disease trajectory to expect and how to …

• New systemic anticancer treatments, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, have
made treating incurable solid cancer more successful but also more challenging and …

Background Ariadne Labs' Serious Illness Care Program (SICP), inclusive of the Serious
Illness Conversation Guide (SICG), has been adapted for use in a variety of settings and …

Purpose The purpose was to review published articles to examine the impact of advance
care planning (ACP) and end‐of‐life (EOL) conversations on patients with cancer, and …

Background Prognostic disclosure is essential to informed decision making in oncology, yet
many oncologists are unsure how to successfully facilitate this discussion. This scoping …