![]() Another benefit of ACP is that it may reduce psychological distress and complicated grief for the patient’s family and that it gives patients a sense of control and relief. Prior research has shown that ACP improved communication between health care professionals and patients and their families as well as communication about goals of care and overall satisfaction with end-of-life (EoL) care. One of the objectives of ACP is to prepare patients and SDMs to make the best possible in-the-moment care decisions together with their clinicians. ![]() Patients are encouraged to identify a surrogate decision maker (SDM), a family member or loved one who can make decisions about medical care in the best interest of the patient when the patient is no longer able to do so. Advance care planning (ACP) is described as a process of communication that “enables individuals to define goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care, to discuss these goals and preferences with family and health-care providers, and to record and review these preferences if appropriate”.
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