Friday 30 January 2015

The power of advance care planning in promoting hospice and out-of-hospital death in a dialysis unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine, January 2015, vol./is. 18/1(62-6)
Schmidt RJ, Weaner BB, Long D

This study found that comprehensive and systematic advance care planning among patients with ESRD on dialysis promotes greater hospice utilization and may facilitate the chance that death will occur out of hospital.