Doctors often judge advance directives to be unclearly worded and not applicable to the patient's current situation.
Quality of End-of-life Care Does Not Improve On Use Of Simulation-based Communication Training: Study
A study finds that simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care.
A study finds that simulation-based communication skills training compared with usual education did not improve quality of communication about end-of-life care or quality of end-of-life care.
‘Advance directives allows a patient to convey their decisions about end-of-life care when they can no longer express themselves as a result of disease severity or treatment.
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Doctors often judge advance directives to be unclearly worded and not applicable to the patient's current situation. For them, advance directives tend to serve as a guideline. Relatives, in contrast, try to implement patients' written wishes literally. They assigned a higher level of validity to advance directives than doctors did. Nevertheless, despite the differences in assessment, almost 70% of relatives stated that patients' wishes had been fully implemented.
In the eyes of the authors, trusting dialogue between treating physicians and patient representatives results in high levels of satisfaction with treatment. Advance directives should be worded more appropriately, however, so that all those involved are of the same opinion regarding their validity.
More on Improving End-of-life Care
A study published in CMAJ says that better psychological and spiritual support, better planning of care and stronger relationships with physicians are necessary
A study published in CMAJ says that better psychological and spiritual support, better planning of care and stronger relationships with physicians are necessary
Source-Eurekalert
Compassionate End-of-life Care is Complex, Needs More Attention: Study
End of life care involves providing for fundamental human needs to people who are close to death. It is complex and sophisticated but very necessary to provide care and comfort to the dying.
End of life care involves providing for fundamental human needs to people who are close to death. It is complex and sophisticated but very necessary to provide care and comfort to the dying.
Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Often Delay Discussing End-of-Life Care With Physicians
New research says that the vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life
New research says that the vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life
