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Fed Pract. 2015 Mar;32(3):30-34.

Early Initiation of Advance Care Planning for Veterans With Chronic Illnesses.

Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS

Elizabeth Sipes, Debra Siela, Shannon E Rogers

Affiliations

  1. is a palliative care nurse practitioner in the Department of Geriatrics and Extended Care at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System in Marion, Indiana. is an associate professor of nursing at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. is the clinical pharmacy coordinator for the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System.

PMID: 30766050 PMCID: PMC6363471

Abstract

When treating patients with chronic illnesses, health care providers should involve patients in the decision-making process.

Conflict of interest statement

Author disclosures The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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