title: Using the stages of change model to improve communication about advance care planning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Advance care planning (ACP) is a term intended to describe the dynamic process of discussing wishes for future medical care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate how a behavior change model can be used to enhance ACP.
  
  
  METHODS
  Authors' personal experience, workshops, literature review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporating behavioral change theory helps develop workable interventions and provides strategies for nurses to approach patients appropriately about planning for future medical care.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. cjw2s@virginia.edu
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Westley
authors.forename: Linda A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations