LV015 - Bringing Up Hospice Doesn't Have to be Uncomfortable: Clinical Pearls for Your Practice

Learning Objectives:

• Communicate effectively with patients and family members hospice support as a potential plan of care
• Address family's wishes when they ask healthcare providers to withhold certain medical information from the patient
• Describe how having a patient's medical power of attorney advance directive is often necessary for determining the plan of care
• Redefine "hope" by helping patients and family members reframe goals of care as the patient's medical situation changes