The Impact of Levels of Advance Care Planning Engagement on Bereaved Caregivers ’ Perceptions of Cancer Decedents’ End-of-life Experiences (GP759)

Advance care planning (ACP) is an ongoing process that helps to prepare patients and their caregivers for future “in the moment” decisions, like those at the end-of-life. Cancer patients are not fully engaged in the three components of the ACP process (living will, health care surrogate, end-of-life discussions); little is known about the impact of varying levels of ACP engagement on cancer decedents’ en d-of-life experiences.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research