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Advances in the medical treatment of cancer have increased the number of survivors, particularly among older adults, who now represent the majority of these. Survivorship care plans (SCPs) are documents that cancer patients receive summarising their care, usually at the end of treatment but preferably from initial diagnosis. These may increase patient satisfaction and represent an opportunity to initiate...
End-of-life (EoL) care11The term EoL care has evolved as an umbrella term that encompasses all aspects of care related to death and dying provided towards the end of life [2]. There is no consensus in the literature regarding the time-frame it is applied to; definitions range from care in the last year of life, to care from time of terminal diagnosis until death. However, it is generally accepted...
Advance care planning (ACP), involving discussions between patients, families and healthcare professionals on future healthcare decisions, in advance of anticipated impairment in decision-making capacity, improves satisfaction and end-of-life care while respecting patient autonomy. It usually results in the creation of a written advanced care directive (ACD). This systematic review examines the impact...
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