In Reply — Serious Illness Conversation

We would like to thank Drs Lycan and Taylor for their thoughtful comments and interest in our recent article describing our Three-Stage protocol.1 Drs. Lycan and Taylor accurately point out the implicit challenges we face in providing prognosis (Stage 1) and recommending treatment options (Stage 3).2 Acknowledging their concerns, we actually find that this protocol is useful because it can be applied to all types of  serious illness conversations throughout the illness trajectory.
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research