Early advance care planning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: results of a systematic intervention by a palliative care team in a multidisciplinary management programme - a 4-year cohort study

CONCLUSION: Early initiation of advance care planning is feasible in most ALS patients during a routine consultation, and relevant treatment issues can be discussed. All ALS patients should be offered the opportunity to write advance directives as completion was not associated with disease severity.&nbsp.PMID:33872379 | DOI:10.4414/smw.2021.20484

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - April 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Egl ė Sukockienė Ruxandra Iancu Ferfoglia Monique Boegli Catherine Lefranc Barranco Andr é Truffert Anne-Chantal H éritier Barras Laurence Genton Igor Leuchter Dan Adler Jean-Paul Janssens Monica Escher Source Type: research