Completion of Advance Directives and Documented Care Preferences During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Catherine L Auriemma; Scott D Halpern; Jeremy M Asch; Matthew Van Der Tuyn; David A Asch

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15762

Completion of Advance Directives and Documented Care Preferences During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2015762. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15762.

Authors

Catherine L Auriemma^{1

2

3}, Scott D Halpern^{1

2

3

4}, Jeremy M Asch⁵, Matthew Van Der Tuyn⁵, David A Asch^{2

3

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁴ Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁵ Center for Health Care Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁶ Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

This cohort study examines changes in completion of and expressed preferences on an online advanced directive platform during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Advance Directives / psychology*
Advance Directives / statistics & numerical data
Attitude to Death*
Attitude to Health
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
Decision Making*
Humans
Pandemics
Patient Preference / psychology*
Patient Preference / statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding