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'Traversing difficult terrain'. Advance care planning in residential aged care through multidisciplinary case conferences: A qualitative interview study exploring the experiences of families, staff and health professionals.

Suzanne RainsfordSally Hall DykgraafRosny KasimChristine PhillipsNicholas Glasgow
Published in: Palliative medicine (2021)
While advance care planning is an important element of high quality care it involves significant emotional labour and burden for families, care staff and health professionals. It is not a simple administrative task to be completed, but a process that requires time and space for reflection and consensus-building to support well-considered decisions. Multidisciplinary case conferences support this process.
Keyphrases
  • advance care planning
  • quality improvement
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • pain management
  • affordable care act
  • mental health
  • risk factors
  • clinical practice
  • long term care
  • health insurance