How does ethnicity affect presence of advance care planning in care records for individuals with advanced disease? A mixed-methods systematic review

J Crooks, S Trotter… - BMC palliative …, 2023 - Springer
Background Advance care planning (ACP) is the process supporting individuals with life-
limiting illness to make informed decisions about their future healthcare. Ethnic disparities in …

Asian patients' perspectives on advance care planning: a mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework

D Martina, OP Geerse, CP Lin, MS Kristanti… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Asian healthcare professionals hold that patients' families play an essential
role in advance care planning. Aim: To systematically synthesize evidence regarding Asian …

Decision-making in palliative care: patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance—systematic review and narrative synthesis

SM Symmons, K Ryan, SM Aoun… - BMJ supportive & …, 2023 - spcare.bmj.com
Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family
caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and …

Longitudinal patterns and predictors of healthcare utilization among cancer patients on home-based palliative care in Singapore: a group-based multi-trajectory …

Q Zhuang, PH Chong, WS Ong, ZZ Yeo, CQZ Foo… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Home-based palliative care (HPC) is considered to moderate the problem of
rising healthcare utilization of cancer patients at end-of-life. Reports however suggest a …

[HTML][HTML] The 'good death'in Mainland China-a scoping review

C Fu, S Glasdam - International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Since the mid 80'ies, the western palliative care philosophy has influenced the
development of palliative care in mainland China. However, it has caused several …

A cross-sectional study on advance care planning documentation attitudes during national advance care planning week in a South-East Asian country

CE Low, S Rana, CE Yau, SYP Tan, JN Ng, CM Ru… - BMC Palliative Care, 2024 - Springer
Background Through advocacy initiatives such as roadshows during “National ACP Week”,
the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) had increased advance care planning (ACP) …

Barriers to advance care planning among patients with advanced serious illnesses: a national survey of health-care professionals in Singapore

C Malhotra, I Chaudhry - Palliative & Supportive Care, 2024 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesTo assess the barriers that health-care professionals (HCPs) face in having
advance care planning (ACP) conversations with patients suffering from advanced serious …

Advantages, barriers, and cues to advance care planning engagement in elderly patients with cancer and family members in Southern Thailand: a qualitative study

S Sripaew, S Assanangkornchai, P Limsomwong… - BMC Palliative Care, 2024 - Springer
Background Older cancer patients are vulnerable to poorer health outcomes during cancer
treatment. Although the Thai elderly had their own preferences towards future medical care …

Perceptions of life support and advance care planning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a global study of Twitter users

VR Patel, S Gereta, CJ Blanton, AL Chu, AP Patel… - Chest, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges surrounding end-of-
life planning and has been associated with increased online discussion about life support …

Exploring differential perceptions and barriers to advance care planning in dementia among Asian patient–caregiver dyads—A mixed-methods study

N Ali, P Anthony, WS Lim, MS Chong… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A parallel mixed-methods study on 20 patient–caregiver dyads in an Asian population was
conducted to explore the differential perceptions and barriers to ACP in dementia. We …