Opening end-of-life discussions: how to introduce Voicing My CHOiCES?, an advance care planning guide for adolescents and young adults.

摘要

Successful use of Voicing My CHOiCES? will depend on the comfort and skills of the healthcare provider. The present paper is intended to introduce the guide to providers who may utilize it as a resource in their practice, including physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, psychiatrists, and psychologists. We suggest guidelines on how to: incorporate EoL planning into the practice setting, identify timepoints at which a patient's goals of care are discussed, and address how to empower the patient and incorporate the family in EoL planning. Recommendations for introducing Voicing My CHOiCES? and on how to work through each section alongside the patient are provided.