Extent and Determinants of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients ’ Concordance between Preferred and Received Life-Sustaining Treatment States: An Advance Care Planning Randomized Trial in Taiwan

To examine the effectiveness of an advance care planning (ACP) intervention in facilitating concordance between cancer patients ’ preferred and received life-sustaining treatment (LST) states and to explore modifiable factors facilitating or impeding such concordance.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 16, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Fur-Hsing Wen, Jen-Shi Chen, Wen-Chi Chou, Wen-Cheng Chang, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Siew Tzuh Tang Source Type: research