Deficits in Advance Care Planning for Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis at Liver Transplant Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The burden of end-of-life care for patients with cirrhosis is increasing in the US, and most of these patients, many of whom are not candidates for liver transplant, die in institutions receiving aggressive care. Advance care planning (ACP) has been associated with improved end-of-life outcomes for patients with other chronic illnesses, but it has not been well-characterized in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.

Objective

To describe the experience of ACP in patients with decompensated cirrhosis at liver transplant centers.

Design, setting, and participants

For this multicenter qualitative study, face-to-face semistructured interviews were conducted between July 1, 2017, and May 30, 2018, with clinicians and patients with decompensated cirrhosis at 3 hi

SUBMITTER: Patel AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961470 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature