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MS 09 - Global Perspectives in Eliminating the Major Cause of Lung Cancer (ID 531)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Mini Symposium
- Track: Epidemiology/Primary Prevention/Tobacco Control and Cessation
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:Carolyn Dresler, William Kenneth Evans
- Coordinates: 10/16/2017, 15:45 - 17:30, Room 315
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MS 09.07 - Implementation of Smoking Cessation Strategies (ID 7688)
15:45 - 17:30 | Presenting Author(s): Patsy Yates
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MTE 12 - Oncology Nursing (Sign Up Required) (ID 561)
- Event: WCLC 2017
- Type: Meet the Expert
- Track: Nursing/Palliative Care/Ethics
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 10/17/2017, 07:00 - 08:00, Room 316
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MTE 12.02 - Advance Care Planning: The Pros and Cons (ID 7790)
07:00 - 08:00 | Presenting Author(s): Patsy Yates
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Patients and their family and friends consistently report that communication with health care providers has a major impact on their experience of lung cancer. In particular, being informed of treatment choices and being involved in care decisions are highly valued elements of health care by patients. Effective communication has become an increasingly important element of person centred care as treatment advances mean that patients with lung cancer are faced with more complex decisions and treatment choices. In this context, the process of advance care planning has grown in popularity as an important strategy to achieve optimal end of life care. Advance care planning is a process where a person discusses their values and healthcare preferences with their family, friends and healthcare team.[1] Advance care planning is a process that can be undertaken at any time and documented to inform health care decisions if the person can no longer communicate them. Various approaches to advance care planning have been described and a range of health care professionals can be involved in the process. Key elements of advance care planning include discussions of personal values and preferences for healthcare at end of life, establishing clear recommendation regarding future treatment, including discussions about palliative care, documenting patient values and preferences in an accessible site in the medical record, and encouraging the patient to discuss wishes with family/proxy.[2] The process also involves discussions about substitute decision makers who will act on the person’s behalf should the patient not be able to do so.[1] Studies report advance care planning improves ongoing and end-of-life care and personal and family satisfaction, and that families of people who have an advance care plan have less anxiety, depression, and stress.[3] However, studies across a number of countries suggest limited uptake by community members and by health care professionals, as well as poor knowledge and skills of health team members in advance care planning.[4] This is due to a range of factors, including health care professionals’ lack of confidence and skills in conducting sensitive and challenging conversations about end of life issues. Health care professionals are encouraged to have advance care planning conversations early, however there is no clear consensus about what early means in this context and how readiness for such conversations is interpreted from patient to patient. Advance care planning can also oversimplify the decision making process, as such decisions are inherently personal, will change of time, and are influenced by a range of sociocultural and health literacy factors. Negotiating the different perspectives of health professionals, family members, and patients is also very complex. In addition, legal issues give rise to confusion about the process in practice and current pressures to contain costs in health care means that some patients could feel pressured to make choices that do not reflect their true preferences. To address these concerns, advance care planning documentation is often extremely complex, creating even more barriers to the process. A further critical limitation of advance care plans is that even when they are documented, they are not accessible in practice, and where they are available, health care professionals and family members do not always follow the documented preferences. Significant advances are being made across many countries to address the limitations of advance care planning and optimise its use in practice. These advances are in areas including health care professional education and skills building, development of tools to guide practice, greater clarity about the inclusion of advance care planning in care pathways, and leveraging off developments in electronic medical records. Important work in terms of community awareness and understanding of advance care planning is also underway. References 1. What is advance care planning? Available at www.advancecareplanning.org.au, accessed 5[th] July 2017 2. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Palliative Care V.1.2016. © 2016 National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 3. Detering, KM, Hancock, AD, Reade, MC, Silvester, W, 2010, ‘The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial’, British Medical Journal, 340: c1345.doi:10.1136 4. Lovell, A, Yates, P. 2014, Advance care planning in palliative care: A systematic literature review of the contextual factors influencing its uptake 2008-2012. 28(8), 1026-35.
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