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Advance Care Planning in the Primary Care Setting

Ng Lee Beng
The Singapore Family Physician Vol 41 No 1 - Transitional Care for Family Physicians
22 - 28
1 May 2015
0377-5305
Advance Care Planning (ACP) is increasingly recognised as part of holistic patient-centred care. The goal of ACP is to help the patient explore and express his preferences regarding options and goal of care before the event of a catastrophic illness. Family physicians are well sited to conduct ACP in the community with their patients. It should be offered, with discernment and empathy, to individuals, ranging from the well healthy patient to those with organ complications from chronic diseases, who are ready to participate in such dialogue. It should always be paced at the patient’s pace.