National Healthcare Decisions Day Promotes Year-Round Conversations

“It’s a good day to plan projects and activities around advance care planning and end-of-life conversations, which can be awkward and stressful,” said Charles Crecelius, MD, PhD, CMD, medical director of Delmar Gardens in St. Louis, MO, about National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), set for April 16. “Having a special day for this can take the stigma out of these discussions and enable open, honest, and ultimately productive discourse,” he added.