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Background The proportion of hospital deaths has declined in the past few decades, while the proportions of nursing home deaths have increased. This trend of increasing deaths in long-term care facilities underlines the importance of improving end-of ...
Xinyi Xu, Shu-Wen Tu, Chia-Chin Lin
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Background Advance Care Planning including living wills and durable powers of attorney for healthcare is a highly relevant topic aiming to increase patient autonomy and reduce medical overtreatment.
Moritz Allner +9 more
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The curious case of the advance directive in psychiatry
As discussions around the Mental Health Care Bill 2013 gain pace, one aspect of the bill, which is the Advance Directive, has perhaps not been discussed enough.
Alok Sarin
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BackgroundFuture medical and financial planning is important for persons with dementia given the impact of the disease on capacity for decision making.AimsTo explore from the perspective of carers of persons with dementia: (1) Participation in future ...
Jamie Bryant +3 more
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A DIRECT ADVANCE ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVES [PDF]
ABSTRACTAdvance directives (ADs), which are also sometimes referred to as ‘living wills’, are statements made by a person that indicate what treatment she should not be given in the event that she is not competent to consent or refuse at the future moment in question.
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Background Self-binding directives (SBDs) are psychiatric advance directives that include the possibility for service users to consent in advance to compulsory care in future mental health crises.
Laura van Melle +4 more
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Background: Advance directives could be an important instrument to support a person’s will once he/she is not able to consent anymore – if composed competently. A survey was conducted to identify the level of knowledge concerning possibilities and limits
Martina Schmidhuber +4 more
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Background Everybody has the right to decide whether to receive specific medical treatment or not and to provide their free, prior and informed consent to do so.
Stefanie Baisch +19 more
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Advance directives in Austrian intensive care units: An analysis of prevalence and barriers
Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of advance directives, healthcare proxies, and legal representatives in Austrian intensive care units (ICUs), and to explore barriers faced by adults engaged in the contemplation and documentation phase of the ...
Markus Köstenberger +5 more
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Background Studies indicated that patients with advance directives (ADs) have a generally better quality of life near death. Yet, the concept of ADs is relatively new in East Asian countries.
Duan-Rung Chen, Hui-Ching Weng
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