Publications by authors named "Ivan Shun Lau"
BMJ Health Care Inform
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to understand the language used around dying in hospitals, focusing on how terminology affects decisions about life-sustaining treatment (LST) and advance care planning.
- It analyzes clinical data from inpatients over a year using a technique called natural language processing to find phrases related to "Ceiling of Treatment" and their connection to patient prognosis.
- Results show that certain phrases closely related to end-of-life care, like "Withdrawal of care," have high mortality rates, emphasizing the need for precise language in discussing LST and end-of-life options.
