The Importance of Advance Care Planning for Palliative Procedures
Received Date: Dec 30, 2020 / Accepted Date: Jan 12, 2021 / Published Date: Feb 20, 2021
Abstract
Palliative interventions for patients facing life-limiting illness can dramatically improve quality of life but also have the potential to engender further suffering. Providers across disciplines must set aside time for advance care planning with patients and their surrogate decision makers prior to any palliative procedure. These discussions should thoroughly explore patient expectations and hopes for surgery, address the possibility and acceptability of postoperative lifesustaining treatments, clarify perioperative code status, help surrogates prepare for their role, and be documented in a central, accessible location in the medical record. Together, these components will maximize our ability to reduce conflict, surrogate burden, and provide goal-concordant care for patients in the last stages of illness.
Keywords: Surgery; Quality of life; Palliative care
Citation: Sweet A, Brasel K, Cushman T (2021) The Importance of Advance Care Planning for Palliative Procedures. J Palliat Care Med 11: 387. Doi: 10.4172/2165-7386.1000387
Copyright: © 2021 Sweet A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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