Exploring Best Practices in Advance Care Planning

Abstract

Background: The factors that influence completion of advance care planning for elderly adults in the primary care setting are poorly understood. System factors such as expansion of technological and medical options added to lists of tasks primary care providers are expected to complete in ever shrinking visit time, provider factors such as discomfort with end-of-life discussions, and patient factors such as impaired communication all contribute to low rates of completion. We hypothesized that prioritized utilization of motivational interviewing during a visit specified to address advance care planning will enhance completion rates of appropriate planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2016
Accession Number
AD1012337

Entities

People

  • Danielle K. Bersabe
  • Jennifer N. Kyler
  • Oanh N. Tran

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Interviewing
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design