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Advance Care Planning (ACP) includes anticipating future medical decisions and designating a medical decision maker in the event of losing the capacity to make one\'s own medical decisions. Many advantages can be seen to doing ACP before a crisis as well as revisiting these discussions over time as circumstances change. This case presentation is of a 74-year-old woman with multiple medical problems who had ACP discussions in the context of proposed surgery for colon cancer. These conversations highlight the elements of high-quality ACP and the importance of learning what patients mean when they employ phrases commonly referenced in these conversations. The planned surgery was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic but the discussions helped to guide decision-making when the patient became critically ill with COVID-19.
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Chronic and Sudden Serious Illness, COVID-19, and Decision-Making Capacity: Integrating Advance Care Planning Into the Preoperative Checklist for Elective Surgery.
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