Open AccessAdvance care planning and palliative care in ACHD: the healthcare providers’ perspective
Author(s) -
Jill M. Steiner,
Erwin Oechslin,
Gruschen Veldtman,
Craig S. Broberg,
Karen Stout,
James N. Kirkpatrick,
Adrienne H. Kovacs
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiology in the young
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1467-1107
pISSN - 1047-9511
DOI - 10.1017/s1047951120000219
Subject(s) - advance care planning , palliative care , referral , psychosocial , medicine , nursing , health care , curative care , perspective (graphical) , family medicine , ambulatory care , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics , economic growth
Advance care planning and palliative care are gaining recognition as critical care components for adults with CHD, yet these often do not occur. Study objectives were to evaluate ACHD providers' 1) comfort managing patients' physical symptoms and psychosocial needs and 2) perspectives on the decision/timing of advance care planning initiation and palliative care referral.