Advance Care Planning: How Can We Improve Access and Uptake?

About this episode

Dr. Chino and Dr. Schenker discuss a clinical trial focused on improving patient engagement in Advance Care Planning.

Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Yael Schenker to discuss a new clinical trial testing the best way of engaging patients with Advance Care Planning (ACP), the process of understanding personal values, life goals, and medical care preferences so that patient wishes are honored at end-of-life. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Fumiko Chino: Hello, and welcome to Put Into Practice , the podcast for the JCO Oncology Practice . I am Dr. Fumiko Chino, an Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center with a research focus on access, affordability, and equity. Care delivery goals for the critically ill, including those with cancer, have shifted towards a patient-centered framework. Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of understanding and sharing personal values, life goals, and medical care preferences so that patient wishes are honored at the end of life. Despite growing evidence of the benefits of these discussions, documentation of advance directives remains low, with some studies showing less than half of people with advanced cancer have a living will or health care power of attorney. I am happy to welcome a guest today to discuss a new clinical trial evaluating the best way of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chino, Fumiko Chino, Fumiko

Guest: Dr. Yael Schenker

Topics covered

• Advance Care Planning
• Patient Engagement
• End-of-Life Care
• Clinical Trials
• Patient-Centered Care

Keywords

• Advance Care Planning
• patient values
• life goals
• medical care preferences
• end-of-life wishes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Put Into Practice, Facilitated Versus Patient-Directed Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Places: San Francisco

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