Background: High-quality care for seriously ill patients aligns treatment with their goals and
values. Failure to achieve “goal-concordant” care is a medical error that can harm patients …

Purpose: The volume of research on end-of-life care, death, and dying has exploded during
the past decade. This article reviews the conceptual and methodological adequacy of end-of …

ContextOver the past century, nursing homes and hospitals increasingly have become the
site of death, yet no national studies have examined the adequacy or quality of end-of-life …

Purpose To characterize the aggressiveness of end-of-life cancer treatment for older adults
on Medicare, and its relationship to the availability of healthcare resources. Patients and …

OBJECTIVES: To identify differences in advanced care planning and end‐of‐life decision‐
making between whites and blacks aged 70 and older. DESIGN: The Asset and Health …

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Toolkit After-Death
Bereaved Family Member Interview to measure quality of care at the end of life from the …

Objectives. Recent public attention has focused on quality of care for the dying. Where one
dies is an important individual and public health concern. Materials and methods. The 1993 …

Purpose: We conducted this study to pilot a new multidimensional instrument to assess the
quality of life at the end of life. Methods: Items were derived from focus groups and a national …

Fundamental to measuring both the processes and outcomes of end-of-life care is that one
understand the context and distinct differences of that care. Measurement plays an important …

The Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) survey is a 61-item questionnaire that
surveys family members about care provided to the decedent by the hospice. Hospices …