Experiences with approaches to advance care planning with older people: a qualitative study among Dutch general practitioners

Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) with older people needs to be approached differently than ACP with patients with a terminal illness. ACP is still used with only a minority of older patients due to a lack of knowledge regarding appropriate approaches to ACP with older people. General practitioners (GPs) may play a key role in ACP with older people. Therefore, we explored their experiences with and views on approaches to ACP with older patients in daily practice. Design, setting and participants A qualitative study among a purposive sample of 19 Dutch GPs based on semistructured interview... Mehr ...