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Advance Care Planning: We Need to Change Our Approach to Improve Patient and Clinician Engagement

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of evaluating and defining goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care. ACP enables these discussions with care partners and health care professionals and records and revises preferences when appropriate (1). ACP can facilitate health and care planning conversations between patients and clinicians, support patient autonomy and provide clarity for family members and surrogate decision makers in treatment decision making. However, in kidney care, the prevalence of completed ACPs in dialysis patients remains worryingly low, estimated at 2.8% in one Australian study auditing over 1000 medical records (2).

Source: Kidney International Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.11.027

Authors: Kathryn Ducharlet, Dov Degen, Lawrence P. McMahon

Institutions: Eastern Health, Monash University

Language: English

Topic: Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,800