Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious Illness
Giannitrapani KF, Walling AM, Garcia A, Foglia M, Lowery JS, Lo N, Bekelman D, Brown-Johnson C, Haverfield M, Festa N, Shreve ST, Gale RC, Lehmann LS, Lorenz KA. Pilot of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative Among Veterans With Serious Illness. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2020, 38: 68-76. PMID: 32383388, DOI: 10.1177/1049909120923595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIll patientsDecision-making capacityLife-Sustaining Treatment Decisions InitiativeLST decisionsLarge integrated health care systemIntegrated health care systemProspective observational studyRisk of hospitalizationGoals of careFamilies/caregiversQuality of lifeDecisions InitiativeHealth care systemChart abstractionPatient demographicsObservational studyCare conversationsProlong lifePatientsSerious illnessVeterans AffairsCare systemStandardizing practicesPilot periodGOCC
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