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Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2017 Advance directives (ADs) provide patients with the opportunity to indicate their preferences for medical care while they still maintain the capacity to express their wishes, thus retaining autonomy.
Judith M. Myers +4 more
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Advance Care Planning Safeguards [PDF]
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2012 To the Editors:—We read with interest the recent article by Dr. Billings.1 In the article, Dr. Billings defines the goal of advance care planning as promoting the autonomy of decisionally incapacitated patients in decision-making about life-sustaining treatment, and cites public fears about restricting life-sustaining treatment as evidence for ...
Howard S. Gordon, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia
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Underlying goals of advance care planning (ACP): a qualitative analysis of the literature
BMC Palliative Care, 2020 Background Since the introduction of the concept of advance care planning (ACP), many studies have been conducted exploring beneficial effects. These studies show a heterogeneity in clinical endpoints, which reflects diversity of goals connected to ACP ...
N. Fleuren +4 more
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Network topology drives population temporal variability in experimental habitat networks
Population Ecology, EarlyView.Habitat patches connected by dispersal pathways form habitat networks. We explored how network topology affects population outcomes in laboratory experiments using a model species (Daphnia carinata). Central habitat nodes in complex lattice networks exhibited lower temporal variability in population sizes, suggesting they support more stable ...
Yiwen Xu +3 more
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Advance Care Planning in Older Adults with CKD: Patient, Care Partner, and Clinician Perspectives
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2021 Visual Abstract Significance Statement Older patients with advanced CKD are at high risk for serious complications and death. Although advance care planning (ACP) is critical to patient-centered care, why such patients seldom discuss ACP with their ...
K. Ladin +9 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In vivo IL‐10 produced by tissue‐resident tolDC is involved in maintaining/inducing tolerance. Depending on the agent used for ex vivo tolDC generation, cells acquire common features but prime T cells towards anergy, FOXP3+ Tregs, or Tr1 cells according to the levels of IL‐10 produced. Ex vivo‐induced tolDC were administered to patients to re‐establish/
Konstantina Morali +3 more
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The power of microRNA regulation—insights into immunity and metabolism
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.MicroRNAs are emerging as crucial regulators at the intersection of metabolism and immunity. This review examines how miRNAs coordinate glucose and lipid metabolism while simultaneously modulating T‐cell development and immune responses. Moreover, it highlights how cutting‐edge artificial intelligence applications can identify miRNA biomarkers ...
Stefania Oliveto +2 more
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The uptake of advance care planning by older adults in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu Campus, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2018 Advance Care Planning refers to planning for end-of-life care in a proactive and comprehensive manner, preferably using a planning template. This is the first nationwide study since the formal introduction of Advance Care Planning to New Zealand in 2010,
Brown, Wendy
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Advance care planning in England: is there an association with place of death? Secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of Bereaved People [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives To explore whether advance care planning is associated with place of death in England, as well as with sufficiency of support to care for a dying person at home, overall quality of care and pain management.
Dixon, Josie, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin
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Documenting plans for care: advance care directives and the 7-step pathway in the acute care context
BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background Advance care planning involves the discussion and documentation of an individual’s values and preferences to guide their future healthcare should they lose capacity to make or communicate treatment decisions.
Gregory Brian Crawford +3 more
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