As discussed in class this week, talking with patients and their families about end-of-life care and advance care planning can be difficult discussions. Rarely are the patients and families informed and resolved about what care they want and do not want in their final days enough to cover the necessary information in one conversation. Many times this is the first time these issues have been talked about in a family. What information would you want to know and have on hand for these conversations? What questions would you ask? How would you handle differences in opinion? Who needs to be included in the conversation? Please review the information provided by the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation on planning advance care discussions. Please also review this study on the effect of advance care planning on end-of-life care. These resources will prepare you for the webinar we will be watching in class next week on advance care planning. Please arrive 10 minutes early to the lecture hall in order to be settled and ready promptly at 1:00.
Please reflect on and answer the above questions after you read the resources and before the webinar. We will be discussing as a class how the webinar added to or changed your feelings about how to approach this delicate but necessary topic.
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