Abstract
Advance care planning is a process to help people to formulate and communicate their preferences regarding future care during critical illness. Reviews of the advance care planning process in its current form have been disappointing. Improvements in care at the end of life and palliative care are necessary for the provision of modern medical care. Medical research has led to many improvements at the physiological and technological levels. It is only by applying the same rigour of scientific study and research ethics that improvements in the advance care planning process can be made.
Highlights
Advance care planning is a process to help people formulate and communicate their preferences regarding future medical care in anticipation of a time when they are unable to express those preferences because of incapacity due to critical illness or injury [1,2]
Advance directives are often difficult for families and physicians to follow because they may not apply to the situation at hand [1]
There can be no doubt that care at the end of life is an improve the quality of medical care
Summary
Advance care planning is a process to help people formulate and communicate their preferences regarding future medical care in anticipation of a time when they are unable to express those preferences because of incapacity due to critical illness or injury [1,2]. In our current medical system, the result of these deliberations is generally expressed when the patient prepares an advance directive.
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