Key Clinical Points Navigating and Communicating about Serious Illness and End of Life
Partnering with patients as they navigate serious illness requires effectively communicating …

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 …

As if writing prophetically about the global COVID-19 pandemic, in 1984 Eddy
suggested,'Uncertainty creeps into medical practice through every pore. Whether a …

Importance High-quality conversations between clinicians and seriously ill patients about
values and goals are associated with improved outcomes but occur infrequently. Objective …

Importance Earlier clinician-patient conversations about patients' values, goals, and
preferences in serious illness (ie, serious illness conversations) are associated with better …

Importance Serious illness conversations (SICs) are structured conversations between
clinicians and patients about prognosis, treatment goals, and end-of-life preferences …

Background This is the third update of a review that was originally published in the
Cochrane Library in 2002, Issue 2. People with cancer, their families and carers have a high …

Importance Older patients with cancer and their caregivers worry about the effects of cancer
treatment on aging-related domains (eg, function and cognition). Quality conversations with …

Importance Poor communication by health care professionals contributes to physical and
psychological suffering in patients living with serious illness. Patients may not fully …

Background The opportunity to improve care by delivering decision support to clinicians at
the point of care represents one of the main incentives for implementing sophisticated …