Engagement in Advance Care Planning and Surrogates’ Knowledge of Patients’ Treatment Goals
Fried TR, Zenoni M, Iannone L, O'Leary J, Fenton BT. Engagement in Advance Care Planning and Surrogates’ Knowledge of Patients’ Treatment Goals. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2017, 65: 1712-1718. PMID: 28317097, PMCID: PMC5555783, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14858.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningQuantity of lifeTreatment goalsSurrogate knowledgeCare planningVeterans Affairs Medical CenterPatients' treatment goalsCohort study SETTINGKnowledge of patientsCommunity-dwelling veteransHealth care proxyLife-sustaining treatmentSurrogates' perspectivesMultivariable analysisPrimary careSevere illnessMedical CenterSevere physical disabilitiesVeterans' ratingsACP engagementProxy completionStudy settingPhysical disabilitySurrogate reportsSizeable proportion