Author/Editor		Lunder, Urška; Červ, Branka; Kodba Čeh, Hana
Title		Impact of advance care planning on end-oflife management
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 11, št. 4
Publication year		2017
Volume		str. 293-298
ISSN		1751-4258 - Current opinion in supportive and palliative care
Language		eng
Abstract		Purpose of review The aim of this review is to critically appraise the recent evidence on different aspects of impact of advance care planning (ACP) in palliative care and to reflect on further implications on practice and research in the future. Recent findings Evidence about various ACP impacts is rapidly growing and most common outcome measures are still advance directive completion, change in hospital admission rate and patients' and families' views and experiences with ACP. Mainly descriptive studies bring new information of ACP impact for specific groups of patients, their families, settings, countries, contexts, staff and healthcare system as such. It is not yet clear who and when would best conduct ACP, from general practitioners (GPs) to specialists in the hospitals and even lay-navigators for cancer patients; from early ACP conversations to critical ACP in acute events at the end-of-life. The need for ACP impacts high-quality evidence is becoming more urgent because latest future projections are showing higher palliative care needs than previously expected. Summary Recent studies on various ACP impacts reveal variety of outcomes for different patient groups and settings, and are contributing to a wider picture of ACP situation around the world. However, high-quality evidence on ACP impact is still urgently expected in times of growing need for system-level changes for effective ACP implementation.
Keywords		palliative care advance care planning end-oflife paliativna nega načrtovanje vnaprejšnje oskrbe konec življenja