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Mapping advance care planning and advance directives in Latin America

BMC Palliative Care
Background/aims The extent to which low- and middle-income countries have implemented Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Advance Directives (AD) remains unclear. We aimed to map the current status of ACP/AD in Latin America.
Natália Rocha Tardelli, Fernanda Bono Fukushima, Jenny T. van der Steen, Manuel Iván Cobas Rodríguez, Rasa Mikelyte, Daniel Neves Forte, Alex Sander Watanabe Palácio, Vilma Adriana Tripodoro, Mirna Garcia Burgoa, Douglas Henrique Crispim, Alfredo Rodríguez-Núñez, Luis Ricardo González Cruz, Mariuska Forteza Sáez, Patricia Bonilla Sierra, Ancu Tatiana Feng Escobar, María Elena del Rosario Alcántara Godoy, Tulio Enrique Velásquez Castellanos, Mónica Osio Saldaña, Nisla Camaño Reyes, Miriam Elisa Riveros Ríos, Maria del Rosario Berenguel Cook, Gloria Castillo Pichardo, Carlos Fernando Acuña Aguilar, Gabriela Píriz Alvarez, Ismariel Inés Espín Gonzalez, Leonardo de Andrade Rodrigues Brito, Edison Iglesias de Oliveira Vidal   +26 more
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Issues in the development of advance directives in mental health care [PDF]

, 2003
<i>Background</i>: Interest in advance directives in mental health care is growing internationally. There is no clear universal agreement as to what such an advance directive is or how it should function.
Atkinson, J.M., Garner, H., Patrick, H., Stuart, S.   +3 more
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Advance directives in the emergency department

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Advance directives are documents to convey patients’ preferences in the event they are unable to communicate them. Patients commonly present to the emergency department near the end of life.
Eileen F. Baker, Catherine A. Marco
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Models of advance directives in mental health care: stakeholder views [PDF]

, 2004
<i>Objective</i>: The aim of this study was to examine perceptions of the place of advance directives in mental health care. <i>Methods</i>: Postal survey of stakeholders was carried out to assess their views on different ...
Atkinson, J.M., Garner, H.C., Gilmour, W.H.   +2 more
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The Advance Care Compass– A New Mechanics for Digitally Transforming Advance Directives

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021
Advance directives allow people to declare their treatment preferences for a potential future state of incompetency. Covid-19, with its high numbers of quickly deteriorating patients requiring intensive care, has acutely demonstrated how helpful it would
Nikola Biller-Andorno, Armin Biller
doaj   +1 more source

Are advance directives helpful for good end of life decision making: a cross sectional survey of health professionals

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background This paper joins the debate over changes in the role of health professionals when applying advance directives to manage the decision-making process at the end of life care.
Eimantas Peicius, Aurelija Blazeviciene, Raimondas Kaminskas   +2 more
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Advanced Care Directives: Overcoming the Obstacles [PDF]

Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2015
Abstract Background Advanced care directives (ACDs) and end-of-life discussions are important and typically difficult to initiate because of the sensitive nature of the topic and competing clinical priorities.
Sarah Leatherman, Allen, Kimberly S, Davis, Paul C, Rousseau, Patty J, Iverson, Patrick D, Mauldin, William P, Moran   +5 more
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Efficacy of Normalisation of Advance Care Planning (NACP) for people with chronic diseases in hospital and community settings: a quasi-experimental study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Advance Care Planning (ACP) has emerged to improve end-of-life processes and experiences. However, the available evidence presents the gloomy picture of increasing number of older people living with chronic diseases and the mismatch between ...
Sarah Jeong, Peter Cleasby, Se Ok Ohr, Tomiko Barrett, Ryan Davey, Christopher Oldmeadow   +5 more
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Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: a systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives A drive to promote advance care planning at a population level has led to a proliferation of online advance care directive (ACD) templates but little information to guide consumer choice.
Agar, M, Bhattarai, P, Currow, D, Davidson, P, Krastev, Y, Luckett, T, Phillips, J   +6 more
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Advance directives and the impact of timing. A qualitative study with Swiss general practitioners. [PDF]

, 2014
PRINCIPLES: Advance directives are seen as an important tool for documenting the wishes of patients who are no longer competent to make decisions in regards to their medical care.
Bally, K., Elger, B.S., Jung, C., Otte, I.C.   +3 more
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