“TIMEOUT” Before PEG Placement: A Policy Approach to Align Shared Decision-Making and Goals of Care Through Palliative Intervention (F425C)

Multiple professional societies promote shared decision-making (SDM) and recommend not offering percutaneous feeding tubes (PEGs) in advanced dementia. Many patients, families, caregivers, nursing homes and clinicians may not be aware of these recommendations.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 23, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Brigit C. Palathra, Hoda Abdelaziz, Elizabeth Lee, Cynthia X. Pan, Calvin Hwang, Robert Crupi Source Type: research