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Factors Which Influence Hospital Doctors' Advance Care Plan Adherence
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Factors Which Influence Hospital Doctors' Advance Care Plan Adherence

Denise Patricia Craig, Robin Ray, Desley Harvey and Mandy Shircore
Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.59(5), pp.1109-1126
05/2020
PMID: 31846704

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Abstract

Advance directive consent hospital doctors living will patient choice scoping review
Advances in medicine have seen changes in mortality in Western countries. Simultaneously, countries such as Australia, Canada, U.S., New Zealand, U.K., and Germany have encouraged consumer-directed care and advance care plan (ACP) completion, giving patients a voice despite incapacity. Adhering to ACPs relies on the decision-making of treating doctors, making hospital doctors key partners, and their perspectives on ACP adherence critical. The aim of this review was to explore and map existing research on factors associated with hospital doctors adhering to adult patients' ACPs.

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