Advance Care Planning in a Geriatric Primary Care Clinic: A Retrospective Chart Review.
DISCUSSION: The rate of ACP documentation (34.6%) was lower than the average among US adults aged 65 and over (45.6%); further, most patients with ACP documentation did not have an AD or POA on file. The authors plan to reevaluate ACP statistics in the same office following a future intervention.
PMID: 30071753 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Barkley A, Liquori M, Cunningham A, Liantonio J, Worster B, Parks S Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research
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