ADVANCE CARE PLANNING IN END OF LIFE CARE

• Section 1: Introduction to Advance Care Planning
1: Overview and introduction to Advance Care Planning, Keri Thomas
2: What are the benefits of Advance Care Planning and how do we know?, Sarah Russell and Karen Detering
3: An introduction to Advance Care Planning: Practice at the frontline, Anjali Mullick and Jonathan Martin
4: Person-centred care: How does Advance Care Planning support this and what are the economic benefits?, Josie Dixon
5: Advance Care Planning and caring for an ageing population, Martin J. Vernon
6: Spiritual and ethical and aspects of Advance Care Planning, Max Watson and Mark Thomas
7: Advance Care Planning: A personal view and stories from the frontline, Tony Bonser
• Section 2: Context and experience of Advance Care Planning in the UK
8: Advance Care Planning in the UK: Update on policy and practice, Claire Henry and Keri Thomas
9: 1. Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) and the impact of wider legislation, Ben Lobo
10: Discussions and decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation, David Pitcher
11: 1. The implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 for Advance Care Planning and decision making, Simon Chapman
12: Experience of use of Advance Care Planning in care homes, Maggie Stobart-Rowlands and Mandy Thorn
13: Advance Care Planning in the community, Pete Nightingale, Chris Absolon, and Scott Murray
14: Advance Care Planning in hospices and palliative care, Sarah Russell and Simon Noble
15: Advance Care Planning in hospitals, Clare Marlow, Karen Groves, and Premila Fade
16: 1. Advance Care Planning: Thinking ahead for parents, carers, children, and young people, Angela Thompson
17: Advance Care Planning and people with dementia, Karen Harrison Denning
• Section 3: Experience of Advance Care Planning Internationally
18: Advance Care Planning in Australia, Karen Detering and Josephine Clayton
19: Advance Care Planning in Canada, Doris Barwich, John You, Jessica Simon, Louise Hanvey, and Cari Hoffman
20: Advance directives and Advance Care Planning: the US experience, Maria J. Silveira and Phillip Rodgers
21: Advance Care Planning in New Zealand: Our Voice, Leigh Mason and Shona Muir
22: Advance Care Planning in Germany1. : On track to nationwide implementation, Georg Marckmann, Kornelia Götze, and Jürgen in der Schmitten
23: Advance Care Planning in an Asian Country, Irwin Clement Alphonsus Wai Hoong Chung
• Section 4: Practicalities and areas of common ground
24: Communication skills and Advance Care Planning, Sarah Russell
25: 1. Advance Care Planning in chronic disease: Finding the known in the midst of the unknown, Karen Detering, Elizabeth Sutton, and Scott Fraser
26: Planning ahead in all areas, Nigel Mathers and Craig Sinclair
27: A population-based approach to end of life care and Advance Care Planning, Muir Gray, Rammya Matthews, and Keri Thomas

Appendix
1: Useful websites and resources, Keri Thomas, Ben Lobo, and Karen Detering

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries. It enables more people to live well and die as they would choose, and has significant implications for the individual person, their family and carers, and our wider society. In the context of an ageing population and increasing possibilities for medical interventions, ACP is a particularly important aspect of quality care.

Expanded and fully updated throughout, this new edition gives a comprehensive overview of ACP and explores a wide range of issues and practicalities in providing end of life care. Written by experts from around the world, the book takes a comprehensive look at the subject by exploring the wide range of issues and practicalities in providing ACP; framing the purpose, process, and outcomes of these plans; and providing an important update on national and international research, policy and practice. Chapters also discuss values, goals and priorities, and include detailed case examples to aid best practice.

This book is an invaluable resource for all clinicians involved in the caring for people in their final stages of life. It is of particular value to GPs, palliative care specialists, geriatricians, social care teams, researchers and policy leads interested in improving end of life care.

Features
• Comprehensive overview of Advance Care Planning (ACP) to help all health and social care professionals understand the subject and implement care in their area
• International contributions offer a worldwide perspective of ACP
• Includes tools for best practice, guidance and checklists for practical use
• Case studies draw on real life experiences of patients and families
• Includes a foreword by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director, NHS England

New to this Edition:
• New chapters discuss ACP in Canada, New Zealand, Germany and Singapore
• Includes a population-based and community-focussed approach to ACP
• Personal perspective chapter solely focuses on the experiences of patients and their families
• Includes fully updated reviews of evidence
• Updated to cover developments such as resuscitation discussions

Authors
• Keri Thomas, Founder and National Clinical Lead, Gold Standards Framework Centre in End of Life Care.
• Ben Lobo, Consultant Physician and Geriatrician, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Nottinghamshire.
• Karen Detering, Respiratory Physician, Respecting Patient Choices Program, Austin Hospital Melbourne, Australia