Using the stages of change model to improve communication about advance care planning.
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.
Westley
Cindy
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University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. cjw2s@virginia.edu
Briggs
Linda A
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D016223:Advance Directives / Q000523:psychology; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations