A Scoping Review on Goals of Care Discussions in Surgery: How Are We Doing and How Can We Do Better?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Discussing GOC is essential to ensuring that patients' treatment recommendations and care plans are aligned with their preferences, priorities, and values. This review aims to characterize the existing literature on the quality, practices, and frameworks of goals of care (GOC) discussions in surgery to identify gaps and propose strategies for improvement.

Methods

MEDLINE, MEDLINE In-Process/ePubs, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Web of Science, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.Gov were searched using terms related to GOC, surgery, and best practices or education. The search strategy was run from inception to July 29, 2022. Studies regarding the quality of GOC discussions in surgery were included.

Result

SUBMITTER: Mac A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12515031 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature