Understanding Factors That Predict Advance Directive Completion. [PDF]
Palliat Med Rep, 2022 Background: Advance care planning was designed for the purpose of ensuring that patients receive care at end of life (EOL) that is congruent with their wishes, goals, and values.
Aaron SP, Musacchio C, Douglas SL.
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From text to interaction: The digital advance directive method for advance directives. [PDF]
Digit Health, 2023 Advance directives allow people to specify individual treatment preferences in case of decision-making incapacity involving decisions of utmost importance.
Biller A, Biller-Andorno N.
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Development of an advance directive 'communication tool' relevant for patients with advanced cancer in six European countries: Experiences from the ACTION trial. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 BackgroundThe ACTION trial evaluated the effect of a modified version of the Respecting Choices´ advance care planning programme in patients with advanced cancer in six European countries.
Arnfeldt CM +13 more
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Advance directive: does the GP know and address what the patient wants? Advance directive in primary care. [PDF]
BMC Med Ethics, 2018 Background Due to the rapid changes in the medical world and the aging population, the need for advanced care planning grows. Despite efforts to make this topic discussed, only a minority of patients discusses the advance directive with their general ...
Scholten G +5 more
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Improving residents' skills and confidence on advance directive discussion: a quality improvement project. [PDF]
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect, 2019 Background: Advance directives have been established as a legal document that ensures patients’ wishes are followed if/when they cannot make medical decisions for themselves. The concept, advance directive, is rooted in the ethical principle of patient’s
Oriakhi M +4 more
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Novel approach to advance directive training: Hospice and palliative care fellow led workshop feasible and effective in increasing confidence in end of life conversations. [PDF]
PLoS OneDespite the benefits of Advance directives, approximately only 1 in 3 U.S adults have documented advance directives. In medical school and residency, learners are often not taught or given very brief information on conducting end-of-life planning ...
Chang C +6 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: The importance of advance care planning (ACP) discussions have been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed advance directive completion, healthcare proxy (HCP), and attitudes toward ACP among older adults ages 50+ living with ...
Annie L. Nguyen +4 more
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European Psychiatry, 2023 Background Self-binding directives (SBDs) are psychiatric advance directives that include a clause in which mental health service users consent in advance to involuntary hospital admission and treatment under specified conditions.
Matthé Scholten +18 more
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Why have Advance Directives failed in Spain?
BMC Medical Ethics, 2020 Background In Spain, there has been great effort by lawmakers to put Advance Directives (ADs) into practice since 2002. At the same time, the field of bioethics has been on the rise, a discipline that has spurred debate on the right of patients to ...
Benjamín Herreros +5 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background The advance directive represents patients’ health care choices and fosters patients’ autonomy. Nevertheless, understanding patients’ wishes based on the information provided in advance directives remains a challenge for health care providers ...
Julia Felicitas Leni Koenig +6 more
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