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

Context There is ongoing discourse about the impact of advance care planning (ACP) on
end-of-life (EOL) care. No meta-analysis exists to clarify ACP's impact on patients with …

Aim This study aimed to assess advance care planning readiness among patients with
chronic diseases and identify its relationship to patients' coping styles. Design A cross …

The aim of this article is to understand the components of decision regret for women making
breast cancer treatment decisions. Patient‐centered care models encourage women to …

There is widespread agreement that clinicians should talk to seriously ill patients and their
families about their illnesses. However, advance directives as a quality metric have been …

Background: Palliative care consultation to discuss goals-of-care (“PCC”) may mitigate end-
of-life care disparities. Objective: To compare hospitalization and cost outcomes by race and …

A comprehensive understanding of psychological trauma in the context of intimate partner
violence (IPV) is relevant for nurses and other healthcare providers to provide better care for …

Music is a powerful emotional tool that can be used as an effective coping mechanism, as
“medicine.” Musical interventions are used in many areas of health care and medical …

Background Given the globally ageing population, care homes have an important role in
delivering palliative and end-of-life care. Advance care planning (ACP) is promoted to …

End-of-life treatment preferences (EOLTPs) refer to the amount of medical intervention an
individual would wish to receive in a life-threatening scenario. This study aimed to …