Advance Care Planning

Facilitated vs Self-Guided Advance Care Planning in Black and White Older Adults: Insights from the EQUAL ACP Randomized Trial

By MedXY 10/14/2026

The EQUAL ACP trial compared facilitated and self-guided advance care planning in Black and White older adults with serious illnesses, revealing no significant difference in overall ACP completion but greater facilitated approach efficacy among Black participants.

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Video Declarations: Bridging the Gap in Advanced Cancer Care Conversations

By MedXY 04/24/2026

A study explores how video declarations from advanced cancer patients can enhance goals of care discussions by focusing on decision-making factors rather than specific medical interventions, offering a patient-centered tool for advance care planning.

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Beyond Shared Identity: How Physician-Patient Racial Concordance Modulates Inpatient Advance Care Planning

By MedXY 03/25/2026

A large-scale study of 390,000 hospitalizations reveals that while racial concordance modestly increases advance care planning (ACP) discussions, physician race and systemic quality initiatives play significant, nuanced roles in end-of-life care equity.