National Healthcare Decisions Day to be held April 16

ACP joins more than 700 national, state and community organizations in support of National Healthcare Decisions Day, which will be held April 16. The initiative launched three years ago to encourage patient communication with clinicians. Its goal is to give all U.S. adults with decision-making capacity the information and opportunity to communicate and document their health care decisions. ACP offers several resources for advance health care planning, including an Ethics Manual, recommendations for physicians on relationships with family caregivers and a clinical guideline on palliative care, as well as other resources on end-of-life care. Information about National Healthcare Decisions Day and advance directives is available online.