Patients' preferences and factors influencing initial advance care planning discussions' timing: A cross-cultural mixed-methods study.

CONCLUSION: The majority of patients are willing to begin discussion before their health is severely compromised; about one out of five patients are unwilling to begin until clearly facing death. To promote advance care planning, healthcare providers must be mindful of patients' preferences and factors associated with acceptance and reluctance to initiate advance care planning.
PMID: 32356489 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Palliative Medicine - April 30, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Miyashita J, Kohno A, Cheng SY, Hsu SH, Yamamoto Y, Shimizu S, Huang WS, Kashiwazaki M, Kamihiro N, Okawa K, Fujisaki M, Tsai JS, Fukuhara S Tags: Palliat Med Source Type: research