A5091856932- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Ethics in medical practice
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
2021-2023
Pennsylvania State University
2023
RELX Group (United States)
2023
When patients lose decision-making capacity, others must make surrogate decisions on their behalf. What counts as a decision might seem self-evident. But clinician-researchers in the field of advance care planning, we have found that it is not always so clear-cut. In this paper, describe how and why matter concern, novel approach for assessing whether occurred, findings from assessment.
Context: Surrogate decision makers experience significant amounts of anxiety, burden, and strain in their role as caregivers for loved ones. Objectives: To investigate longitudinally whether surrogate engaging ACP together with one reduces perceived felt by makers. Methods: Post-hoc analysis a randomized controlled trial evaluating caregivers’ self-efficacy to serve The employed 2×2 study design patient/caregiver dyads who engaged advance care planning (ACP) using standard living will form...