ADVANCE CARE PLANNING IN A KIDNEY SUPPORTIVE CARE CLINIC

摘要

Introduction: Kidney Supportive Care (KSC) is a contemporary service innovation in nephrology. Our KSC provides a holistic patient-centred service to people with advanced kidney disease. It is delivered by a team of renal and palliative care clinicians (doctors, nurses, a social worker and a pharmacist). The KSC team provides expert symptom management, delivers advance care planning (ACP) and supports complex decision making. The non-legally binding Statement of Choices (SOC) is part of the ACP process. It documents a person’s values and goals in current and future health care, including end of life wishes.