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The curious case of the advance directive in psychiatry

Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2015
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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ADVANCING AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE DEBATE

Bioethics, 2008
ABSTRACTA challenge has recently been levelled against the legal and/or moral legitimacy of some advance directives. It has been argued that in certain cases an advance directive carries no weight in a decision on whether to withhold treatment, since the individual in the debilitating state is not the same person as the person who created the advance ...
Curtis, Benjamin L., Buford, Christopher
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Advance directive: does the GP know and address what the patient wants? Advance directive in primary care

BMC Medical 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 ...
Guda Scholten, Sofie Bourguignon, Anthony Delanote, Bieke Vermeulen, Geert Van Boxem, Birgitte Schoenmakers   +5 more
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HB 752: Psychiatric Advance Directive Act [PDF]

, 2022
The Act amends Georgia laws relating to mental health and provides a statutory psychiatric advance directive form. The Act allows citizens with diagnosed mental health disorders to appoint a mental health agent to make treatment decisions on their behalf.
Sweat, Matthew, Xie, Adam, Krawtz, Andrew   +2 more
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Advance directives in patients with head and neck cancer - status quo and factors influencing their creation

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
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, Magdalena Gostian, Matthias Balk, Robin Rupp, Clarissa Allner, Konstantinos Mantsopoulos, Christoph Ostgathe, Heinrich Iro, Markus Hecht, Antoniu-Oreste Gostian   +9 more
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A DIRECT ADVANCE ON ADVANCE DIRECTIVES [PDF]

Bioethics, 2010
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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Experiences and preferences for advance care planning following a diagnosis of dementia: Findings from a cross-sectional survey of carers.

PLoS ONE, 2023
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, Elise Mansfield, Emilie Cameron, Rob Sanson-Fisher   +3 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.
Patrick, H., Garner, H., Stuart, S., Atkinson, J.M.   +3 more
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Opportunities and challenges of self-binding directives: an interview study with mental health service users and professionals in the Netherlands

BMC Medical Ethics, 2023
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, Lia van der Ham, Yolande Voskes, Guy Widdershoven, Matthé Scholten   +4 more
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Advance Directives as Support of Autonomy for Persons with Dementia A Pilot Study among Persons with Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2017
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, Sandra Haeupler, Velislava Marinova-Schmidt, Andreas Frewer, Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas   +4 more
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