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Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel

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Sudore, Rebecca L., Lum, Hillary D., You, John J., Hanson, Laura C., Meier, Diane E., Pantilat, Steven Z., Matlock, Daniel D., Rietjens, Judith A.C., Korfage, Ida J., Ritchie, Christine S., Kutner, Jean S., Teno, Joan M., Thomas, Judy, McMahan, Ryan D., Heyland, Daren K.·2017·Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.12.331PMC PMC5728651

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Context Despite increasing interest in advance care planning (ACP) and previous ACP descriptions, a consensus definition does not yet exist to guide clinical, research, and policy initiatives.Objective The aim of this study was to develop a consensus definition of ACP for adults.Methods We convened a Delphi panel of multidisciplinary, international ACP experts consisting of 52 clinicians, researchers, and policy leaders from four countries and a patient/surrogate advisory committee. We conducted 10 rounds using a modified Delphi method and qualitatively analyzed panelists' input. Panelists identified several themes lacking consensus and iteratively discussed and developed a final consensus definition.Results Panelists identified several tensions concerning ACP concepts such as whether the definition should focus on conversations vs. written advance directives; patients' values vs. treatment preferences; current shared decision making vs. future medical decisions; and who should be included in the process. The panel achieved a final consensus one-sentence definition and accompanying goals statement: "Advance care planning is a process that supports adults at any age or stage of health in understanding and sharing their personal values, life goals, and preferences regarding future medical care. The goal of advance care planning is to help ensure that people receive medical care that is consistent with their values, goals and preferences during serious and chronic illness." The panel also described strategies to best support adults in ACP.Conclusions A multidisciplinary Delphi panel developed a consensus definition for ACP for adults that can be used to inform implementation and measurement of ACP clinical, research, and policy initiatives.

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Authors: Sudore, R. L., Lum, H. D., You, J. J., Hanson, L. C., Meier, D. E., Pantilat, S. Z., Matlock, D. D., Rietjens, J. A. C., Korfage, I. J., Ritchie, C. S., Kutner, J. S., Teno, J. M., Thomas, J., McMahan, R. D., & Heyland, D. K.
Affiliations: San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (US)
McMaster University (CA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Erasmus MC (NL)
University of Colorado Anschutz (US)
University of Washington (US)
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (US)
Queen's University (CA)
Corresponding author: Sudore, Rebecca L.
ORCID: Sudore, Rebecca L.
Lum, Hillary D.
You, John J.
Hanson, Laura C.
Meier, Diane E.
Pantilat, Steven Z.
Matlock, Daniel D.
Rietjens, Judith A.C.
Korfage, Ida J.
Ritchie, Christine S.
Kutner, Jean S.
Teno, Joan M.
Thomas, Judy
McMahan, Ryan D.
Heyland, Daren K.
Venue: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-05
Volume: 53
Issue: 5
Pages: 821-832.e1
ISSN: 0885-3924 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.12.331
PMC: PMC5728651
OpenAlex: W2571458453
Cited by: 1,726
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 204 · 2025: 214 · 2024: 239 · 2023: 206 · 2022: 216 · 2021: 213 · 2020: 187 · 2019: 130 · 2018: 83 · 2017: 32
FWCI: 110.94
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
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Locations: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders: NIH (R01AG045043, PCORI-1306-01500, U24NR014637)
VA HSR&D (11-110-2)
American Cancer Society (19659)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
Keywords: advance care planning, consensus definition, adults, advance directives, shared decision-making, patient values, treatment preferences, serious illness, chronic disease, surrogate decision-making
MeSH terms: Interdisciplinary Research, Adult, Chronic Disease, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Female, Humans, Male, Terminology as Topic, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Advance Care Planning, Internationality

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