Advance care planning (ACP) is increasingly implemented in oncology and beyond, but a
definition of ACP and recommendations concerning its use are lacking. We used a formal …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Advance care planning (ACP) has shown benefit in some,
but not all, studies. It is important to understand the utility of ACP. We conducted a scoping …

Importance Serious illness impairs function and threatens survival. Patients facing serious
illness value shared decision making, yet few decision aids address the needs of this …

… Author links open overlay panel Rebecca L. Sudore MD a b , Hillary D. Lum MD, PhD c d ,
… Sudore had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of …

The traditional objective of advance care planning has been to have patients make treatment
decisions in advance so that clinicians can attempt to provide care consistent with their …

BACKGROUND: While limited literacy is common and its prevalence increases with age, no
prospective study has assessed whether limited literacy is associated with mortality in older …

… Author Contributions: RL Sudore performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript.
TB Harris, AB Newman, EM Simonsick, and S. Satterfield helped to coordinate the Health …

… Sudore is supported in part by a Clear Health Communication Fellowship from the Pfizer
Foundation. Dr. Schillinger is supported by an NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award …

OBJECTIVES: To explore barriers to multiple advance care planning (ACP) steps and identify
common barrier themes that impede older adults from engaging in the process as a whole. …

… Author links open overlay panel Rebecca L. Sudore MD a b , Daren K. Heyland MD, MS
c , Hillary D. Lum MD, PhD d e , Judith AC Rietjens PhD f , Ida J. … You MD, MSc l m …