Given the acute and often life-limiting nature of surgical illness, as well as the potential for
treatment to induce further suffering, surgical patients have considerable palliative care …

Importance Inpatient palliative care improves symptom management and patient satisfaction
with care and reduces hospital costs in seriously ill patients. However, the role of palliative …

Background Decision coaching is non‐directive support delivered by a healthcare provider
to help patients prepare to actively participate in making a health decision.'Healthcare …

The Clinical Practice Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and
management for non-cardiac surgery were initially developed by the Japanese Circulation …

Importance For patients facing major surgery, surgeons believe preoperative advance care
planning (ACP) is valuable and routinely performed. How often preoperative ACP occurs is …

Patients with frailty experience substantial physical and emotional distress related to their
condition and face increased morbidity and mortality compared with their nonfrail peers …

Background: The optimal level of palliative care (PC) involvement in left ventricular assist
device (LVAD) therapy has yet to be determined. Objective: Describe the feasibility of PC …

Background Shared decision-making is critical to optimal patient-centered care. For elective
operations, when there is sufficient time for deliberate discussion, little is known about how …

As the population of the world is rapidly ageing, the amount of surgery being performed in
older patients is also increasing. Special attention is required for the anaesthetic and …

Background Hip fracture often represents a major transition in patients' health, with a 1‐year
mortality rate between 25% and 30% and a challenging recovery course. Caring for hip …