TY - JOUR AU - Cheung, Johnny T. K. AU - Au, Doreen AU - Ip, Anthony H. F. AU - Chan, Jenny AU - Ng, Kenway AU - Cheung, Lok AU - Yuen, Jacqueline AU - Hui, Elsie AU - Lee, Jenny AU - Lo, Raymond AU - Woo, Jean PY - 2020 DA - 2020/06/08 TI - Barriers to advance care planning: a qualitative study of seriously ill Chinese patients and their families JO - BMC Palliative Care SP - 80 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Advance care planning (ACP) facilitates identification and documentation of patients’ treatment preferences. Its goal aligns with that of palliative care – optimizing quality of life of seriously ill patients. However, concepts of ACP and palliative care remain poorly recognized in Chinese population. This study aims at exploring barriers to ACP from perspective of seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. SN - 1472-684X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00587-0 DO - 10.1186/s12904-020-00587-0 ID - Cheung2020 ER -