Objective: To examine advance care planning and outcomes of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) receiving long-term mechanical ventilation (LTMV).Design: Case series.Setting: Population-based study in homes and chronic care facilities…
CONTEXT: There are many patients with terminal illness for whom hospice care would be appropriate, but they either never enroll or enroll very late. In a pre-hospice program designed to help patients make the transition into hospice, we observed that…