Just ask: discussing goals of care with patients in hospital with serious illness

doi:10.1503/cmaj.121274

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. 2014 Apr 1;186(6):425-32.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.121274. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Just ask: discussing goals of care with patients in hospital with serious illness

John J You, Robert A Fowler, Daren K Heyland; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET)

PMID: 23857860
PMCID: PMC3971028
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121274

Review

Just ask: discussing goals of care with patients in hospital with serious illness

John J You et al. CMAJ. 2014.

. 2014 Apr 1;186(6):425-32.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.121274. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Authors

John J You, Robert A Fowler, Daren K Heyland; Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET)

PMID: 23857860
PMCID: PMC3971028
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121274

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Predicting 1-year mortality after admission to hospital. Note: ADL = activities of daily living. *Includes hematologic malignant disease.

**Figure 2:**
End-of-life trajectories. Reproduced with permission from Lunney JR, Lynn J, Hogan C. Profiles of older medicare decedents. *J Am Geriatr Soc* 2002;50:1108–12.

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1. Wright AA, Zhang B, Ray A, et al. Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. JAMA 2008;300: 1665–73 - PMC - PubMed
1. Detering KM, Hancock AD, Reade MC, et al. The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2010;340:c1345. - PMC - PubMed
1. Zhang B, Wright AA, Huskamp HA, et al. Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:480–8 - PMC - PubMed
1. Heyland DK, Dodek P, Rocker G, et al. What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members. CMAJ 2006;174:627–33 - PMC - PubMed
1. Heyland DK, Cook DJ, Rocker GM, et al. Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ 2010;182:E747–52 - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Wright AA, Zhang B, Ray A, et al. Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. JAMA 2008;300: 1665–73 - PMC - PubMed

[2] Wright AA, Zhang B, Ray A, et al. Associations between end-of-life discussions, patient mental health, medical care near death, and caregiver bereavement adjustment. JAMA 2008;300: 1665–73 - PMC - PubMed

[3] Detering KM, Hancock AD, Reade MC, et al. The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2010;340:c1345. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Detering KM, Hancock AD, Reade MC, et al. The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2010;340:c1345. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Zhang B, Wright AA, Huskamp HA, et al. Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:480–8 - PMC - PubMed

[6] Zhang B, Wright AA, Huskamp HA, et al. Health care costs in the last week of life: associations with end-of-life conversations. Arch Intern Med 2009;169:480–8 - PMC - PubMed

[7] Heyland DK, Dodek P, Rocker G, et al. What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members. CMAJ 2006;174:627–33 - PMC - PubMed

[8] Heyland DK, Dodek P, Rocker G, et al. What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members. CMAJ 2006;174:627–33 - PMC - PubMed

[9] Heyland DK, Cook DJ, Rocker GM, et al. Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ 2010;182:E747–52 - PMC - PubMed

[10] Heyland DK, Cook DJ, Rocker GM, et al. Defining priorities for improving end-of-life care in Canada. CMAJ 2010;182:E747–52 - PMC - PubMed

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