Personal legacy and treatment choices for serious illness: a scoping review.

Marlaine S Figueroa GraySarah RandallMateo BanegasGery W RyanNora B Henrikson

Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2024)

We identify the importance of legacy to patient treatment choices. Understanding for whom this construct is important, what types of legacy goals people hold and how those goals impact treatment choices is necessary to provide patient-centred whole-person care to people facing serious illness.

Keyphrases

healthcare
case report
public health
combination therapy
quality improvement