Principal Investigator: Joan M. Teno, M.D., M.S.
Co-Principal Investigators: Bradley Owen Boekeloo, Ph.D., and Jacqueline J. Glover, Ph.D.

Advanced care planning for improved care at the end of life in managed care settings. Using focus groups, an expert panel with consumer input, and quality improvements, this project will: 1) obtain consumers' and health-care providers' preferences for content and design of advance care planning about care near the end of life; 2) assemble an expert panel to articulate practical and ethically justified guidelines for advance care planning in managed care; 3) collect benchmark data regarding advance care planning and care of dying patients in an HMO; and 4) design and pilot an intervention to facilitate communication and enhance the care of the dying.

 |  $119,944  |  Two Years