The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution
Assistance with discussing goals of care is one of the most common reasons clinicians seek out palliative care consultation. In practice though, the phrase ?goals of care? is often utilized as a buzz phrase that lacks a shared understanding of its clinical relevance. We present a case example in whi...
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Mary Ann Liebert
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| description | Assistance with discussing goals of care is one of the most common reasons clinicians seek out palliative care consultation. In practice though, the phrase ?goals of care? is often utilized as a buzz phrase that lacks a shared understanding of its clinical relevance. We present a case example in which breakdowns in communication occurred between a patient and clinicians due to misunderstandings of the meaning of the phrase ?goals of care.? Subsequently, we review the literature to propose a unified definition of ?goals of care? in hopes to minimize differences in what this phrase implies in clinical practice. We also seek to introduce a standardized process for establishing goals of care that may offer a more reliable and measurable method to promote goal-concordant care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e90359fd88f74a9c88817cf315214c5f2024-01-26T04:46:39ZengMary Ann LiebertPalliative Medicine Reports2689-28202020-10-011121622010.1089/PMR.2020.0063The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed SolutionAdrienne KlementSean MarksAssistance with discussing goals of care is one of the most common reasons clinicians seek out palliative care consultation. In practice though, the phrase ?goals of care? is often utilized as a buzz phrase that lacks a shared understanding of its clinical relevance. We present a case example in which breakdowns in communication occurred between a patient and clinicians due to misunderstandings of the meaning of the phrase ?goals of care.? Subsequently, we review the literature to propose a unified definition of ?goals of care? in hopes to minimize differences in what this phrase implies in clinical practice. We also seek to introduce a standardized process for establishing goals of care that may offer a more reliable and measurable method to promote goal-concordant care.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PMR.2020.0063consultationgoal-concordant caregoals of carestandardizationunified definition |
| spellingShingle | Adrienne Klement Sean Marks The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution Palliative Medicine Reports consultation goal-concordant care goals of care standardization unified definition |
| title | The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution |
| title_full | The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution |
| title_fullStr | The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution |
| title_short | The Pitfalls of Utilizing ?Goals of Care? as a Clinical Buzz Phrase: A Case Study and Proposed Solution |
| title_sort | pitfalls of utilizing goals of care as a clinical buzz phrase a case study and proposed solution |
| topic | consultation goal-concordant care goals of care standardization unified definition |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/PMR.2020.0063 |
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