Article History
First Online: 4 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: LJV is an unpaid, scientific advisor to Common Practice, LLC, who is the creator of the game that was included in the mini-curriculum tested in this manuscript. Common Practice, LLC was not involved in the study design, implementation, analysis, or publication of this work. Dr. Green is a co-principal of Making Your Wishes Known, LLC, a company that developed an online platform for helping individuals engage in advance care planning. The original version of Making Your Wishes Known was created for research purposes and continues to be available free of charge. A second version that can be widely distributed has been developed in partnership with a private commercial enterprise, with whom Drs. Green has a consulting agreement and equity interest.
: IRB approval was obtained from the Penn State Hershey IRB board (IRB 00007987). The study was deemed exempt from full review. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: All participants provided implied consent by completing the questionnaires. Focus group participants provided informed consent.