Improving Advance Directives with Video
In the opening scene of Annie Hall, the film’s main character tells a joke about two elderly women who are lamenting the decline of a restaurant. The first woman says “‘Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.’ The other one says, ‘Yeah, I know. And such small portions.’” If you’ll permit a health ethics joke, a similar lament applies to advance directives: They’re unhelpful and too few people have them.
This insight article describes some of the shortcomings of written advance directives and explains how making videos to accompany the legal document can help ensure patients receive the care they want.
Four Steps to Patient-Centred Care: Moving Beyond the Buzzword
Patient-centred care is about providing care that aligns with the patient’s values: i.e., it’s care the patient actually wants and will benefit from. Despite the popularity of this concept, studies show that there’s a long way to go before it’s ubiquitous. In this post, we describe a four-step framework for implementing patient-centred care.