Abstracts tagged "advance care planning"

Abstract Number: 1192 • ACR Convergence 2021
Palliative Care for the Rheumatologist: An Educational and Patient Care Intervention
Alexandra Saltman¹, Charles Brian Serapio², Rebecca Colman³ and Leah Steinberg³, ¹University Health Network and Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Sinai Health System, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with advanced systemic rheumatic diseases such as systemic sclerosis, inflammatory myositis and vasculitis often have a high burden of symptoms and limited life…