Publications by authors named "Gwenn Boryski"

Background: Substitute decision-makers (SDMs) make decisions that honor medical, personal, and end-of-life wishes for older adults who have lost capacity, including those with dementia. However, SDMs often lack support, information, and problem-solving tools required to make decisions and can suffer with negative emotional, relationship, and financial impacts. The need for adaptable supports has been identified in prior meta-analyses.

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Importance: Discussions about goals of care with patients who are seriously ill typically occur infrequently and late in the illness trajectory, are of low quality, and focus narrowly on the patient's resuscitation preferences (ie, code status), risking provision of care that is inconsistent with patients' values. The Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) is a multifaceted communication intervention that builds capacity for clinicians to have earlier, more frequent, and more person-centered conversations.

Objective: To explore clinicians' experiences with the SICP 1 year after implementation.

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