A survey of state correctional health care providers on advance care planning: Opportunity for collaboration with corrections

A survey of state correctional health care providers on advance care planning: Opportunity for collaboration with corrections
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, by Susan O’Conner-Von, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, FNAP; Rebecca Shlafer, PhD, MPH; Paul Galchutt, MPH, MDiv, BCC; Sara Kettering, MPH; Ali Bouterse, BA; Rebecca Freese, MS; and Patricia Berry, PhD, APRN, CNP, FAAN; 1/27/24
Prison populations are rapidly aging. Persons in prison age quicker and suffer more chronic illness and disability than their nonincarcerated peers, posing challenges to caring for prisoners who are chronically ill and dying. The goal of our study was to describe state prisons’ practices and policies addressing persons in prison with advanced chronic and life limiting illness through a national web-based survey of state-level prison health care professionals.