Open Access“Don’t Talk to Them About Goals of Care”: Understanding Disparities in Advance Care Planning
Author(s) -
Deepshikha Charan Ashana,
Noah D’Arcangelo,
Priscilla Gazarian,
Avni Gupta,
Stephen Perez,
Amanda J. Reich,
Jennifer Tjia,
Scott D. Halpern,
Joel S. Weissman,
Keren Ladin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glab091
Subject(s) - advance care planning , thematic analysis , ethnic group , focus group , health care , medicine , palliative care , nursing , psychology , family medicine , qualitative research , political science , sociology , social science , anthropology , law
Structurally marginalized groups experience disproportionately low rates of advance care planning (ACP). To improve equitable patient-centered end-of-life care, we examine barriers and facilitators to ACP among clinicians as they are central participants in these discussions.