Gli studi internazionali e nazionali ed il tipo di ricerca di cui abbiamo bisogno

This paper analyzes studies in the literature on advance care planning (ACP) and assesses similarities and differences between ACP and shared care planning (SCP). The modest quality of many studies, the fragmentation of evidence available today, depending on heterogeneous methodology that is not always adequate, and some-times conflicting results, underscore the lack of evaluation of a holistic approach in the studies published to date on ACP. Additionally, more recent studies highlight the im-portance of the communicative-relational aspect and call for contextualizing the new trials on ACP/SCP, considering the care setting and the different needs of patients re-lated to the type of disease.