Initiating advance care planning at admission: a brief intervention to increase goals of care discussions in geriatric trauma patients in an urban level I trauma center

Objectives The burden of geriatric trauma continues to rise. Older trauma patients experience higher morbidity and mortality and thus benefit from early goals of care (GOC) discussions and advance care planning (ACP). The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) r...

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Main Authors: Allison Brown, Nicole Goulet, Franchesca Hwang, Joohee Son, Kelsey Ensor, Jesse Victory, Leslie Tyrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-12-01
Series:Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Online Access:https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001058.full