Here is my latest resource document, this time about advance care planning.

I think acp, although it comes from palliative or end-of-life care practice, is also connected to care planning much more widely. It should not be confused with advance decisions or directives. These are negative, they tell you what patients hope that doctors (mainly) won’t do at end of life. Advance care planning is more positive, it tells you what patients and service users want services to do throughout their care career in social or healthcare.

However, the political point, the British literature is all about expressing preferences – there won’t be a lot of choice for patients, because there aren’t enough resources to give them choice. But at least if you hear their preferences you can make professional decisions in ways that respect their preferenecs as much as possible.

Click to download: Advance Care Planning