Advance care planning education in pulmonary rehabilitation: A qualitative study exploring participant perspectives

1. Angela T Burge

1. Physiotherapy Department, The Alfred, Prahran, VIC, Australia

1. Angela T Burge, Physiotherapy Department, The Alfred, PO Box 315, Prahran VIC 3181, Australia. Email: a.burge@alfred.org.au

Dear Editor,

I write in response to the letter by Crozier in the January 2014 edition of Palliative Medicine regarding the publication of ‘Advance Care Planning Education in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study Exploring Participant Perspectives’ in June 2013.¹ We thank Dr Crozier for his congratulations and acknowledgement that the inclusion of advance care planning (ACP) education in pulmonary rehabilitation is a quality, patient-centred initiative suggested to supplement current processes of care.

The literature supports Dr Crozier’s experience that clinician-directed communication regarding ACP typically occurs in an inpatient setting, and in fact, clinicians …

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