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Advance Care Planning: Opportunities for Clinical Social Work Leadership

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As our population ages, providing person-centered, family-focused, culturally congruent, quality care becomes ever more important. Advance care planning (ACP) conversations seek to elicit a person’s values, beliefs and preferences and… Click to show full abstract

As our population ages, providing person-centered, family-focused, culturally congruent, quality care becomes ever more important. Advance care planning (ACP) conversations seek to elicit a person’s values, beliefs and preferences and to identify who might be a surrogate decision-maker for a person if they are unable or unwilling to speak for themselves. These nuanced conversations provide the foundation for the delivery of personalized goal-concordant care. Yet, despite the many benefits associated with ACP, it remains underutilized. Clinical social workers are well positioned to take a leadership role in ACP. This paper highlights a range of ACP roles and resources for clinical social workers within healthcare and in the community.

Keywords: care; social work; advance care; care planning; clinical social

Journal Title: Clinical Social Work Journal
Year Published: 2019

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