Advanced care planning Flashcards
1
Q
our aim as providers in regards to advance care planning should be to
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“add life to the child’s years, not simply add more years to the child’s life”
2
Q
there is a bias in pediatrics towards___ rather than ____
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towards cure rather than palliative care options
parents, society and health care providers have expectation that children will outlive their parents
3
Q
Definition of advance care planning
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treatment plan including both short and long term goals of care
formal advance directives
4
Q
stimulus for discussion of advance care planning is
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usually impending death in ICU or specific groups of disease populations
