Advance care planning involves thinking about choices if the patient becomes sick, and is important for everyone. It does not matter if the patients are ill or healthy. It is especially important for people who have diseases that cannot be cured. It allows people to make sure their wishes are respected if they become very sick or are dying. Thinking about these issues can be upsetting. But, for many people, it is helpful. This type of discussion can help the family learn what the patient may want but cannot tell them when these decisions need to be made
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
57
Baseline Assessments (10 mins),Intervention:CPR video or script (5 mins) Post intervention assessments (10 mins), Longitudinal chart review follow-up (6 months)
Baseline Assessments (10 mins),Intervention:CPR video or script (5 mins) Post intervention assessments (10 mins), Longitudinal chart review follow-up (6 months)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
To document advance directive (AD)completion
Time frame: 1 month post-test
To assess patient uncertainty about, knowledge of, and preference for CPR.
Time frame: pre and post randomization
To longitudinally follow discussions about ADs and nature of hospitalizations
Time frame: 6 months post-intervention
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