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Ridding Ourselves of Noxious “Death Panel” Discourse
Voices in Bioethics, 2014 On Friday, April 11, 2014, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), along with co-sponsors Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), introduced the “Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act" (S.
Lillian Ringel
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A Prospective Study of Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care
, 1991 To evaluate the effectiveness of advance directives, the authors conducted a prospective study over a two-year period in a nursing home. A group of 126 competent residents and 49 family members of incompetent residents were interviewed to determine ...
Danis, Marion
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Revista Colombiana de Bioética, 2018 Advance Directives are grounded on the principles of respect for autonomy and beneficence. They are recommended in order to facilitate better health decision-making at the end of life. In Chile, they are not legally recognised, and there
Mariana Dittborn Bellalta
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Resuscitating Advance Directives
, 2004 Advance directives have not fulfilled their promise of facilitating decisions about end-of-life care for incompetent patients. Many legal requirements and restrictions concerning advance directives are counterproductive.
Steinbrook, Robert, Lo, Bernard
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The Current Status of Medical Decision-Making for Dying Patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Center Study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2014 BACKGROUND: Many terminally ill patients die while receiving life-sustaining treatment. Recently, the discussion of life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units (ICUs) has increased.
Kyunghwa Shin +7 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo +9 more
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Registration Attendants Show Poor Readiness to Handle Advanced Care Planning Discussions
Palliative Medicine Reports, 2021 Background: Emergency departments (ED) and other medical points of care are required to provide patients with advance directive (AD) information. Although many hospitals provide AD information in EDs, the comfort and preparation of the ED staff with this
Kevin D. Webster +2 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine +17 more
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Advance Directives in Primary Care [PDF]
, 2019 Advanced Directives are one of the most important documents in the health care system. An advanced directive is a “living will” that describes medical ambitions for the patient’s end-of-life care.
Vincent, Andrew T
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