It starts with a story: A four-step narrative-based framework for serious illness conversations
07/20/24 at 03:00 AM
It starts with a story: A four-step narrative-based framework for serious illness conversations
Journal of Palliative Medicine; by An original and innovative identity-centered conceptual framework for serious illness conversations was developed. The framework consists of a four-step, reproducible approach: (1) attend to patient narrative identity, (2) identify values, (3) cocreate goals, and (4) actively promote choices. In short: attend, identify, create, and promote (AICP). ... By using this conceptual framework and four-step approach, clinicians can accomplish goal-concordant serious illness care and build rich clinical relationships that foster trust and goodwill.