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ADVANCING AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE DEBATE
Bioethics, 2008ABSTRACTA 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 ...
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BMJ, 2011
“Fight, fight, fight!” The children thronged around the two kids wrestling each other. It was a school spectacle, before children spent their lives on Facebook. It was generally the same people—“trouble makers”—crazed guys that you never made eye contact with.
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“Fight, fight, fight!” The children thronged around the two kids wrestling each other. It was a school spectacle, before children spent their lives on Facebook. It was generally the same people—“trouble makers”—crazed guys that you never made eye contact with.
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Annual Review of Medicine, 2008
Most patients want some control over their medical care, including—or even especially—when they are too sick to participate in decisions. Clinicians who have to make decisions for patients who are unable to participate often would appreciate guidance from patients’ wishes. Advance care planning responds to these needs.
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Most patients want some control over their medical care, including—or even especially—when they are too sick to participate in decisions. Clinicians who have to make decisions for patients who are unable to participate often would appreciate guidance from patients’ wishes. Advance care planning responds to these needs.
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Nursing Older People, 2010
Advance care directives are statements either made orally or in writing by mentally competent adults stating how they wish to be treated should they, at some stage in the future, lose mental capacity. In practice, however, advance care planning is rarely used; end-of-life decisions are made by physicians or family.
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Advance care directives are statements either made orally or in writing by mentally competent adults stating how they wish to be treated should they, at some stage in the future, lose mental capacity. In practice, however, advance care planning is rarely used; end-of-life decisions are made by physicians or family.
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Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 1992
Advance directives concerning treatment have been firmly established in our society. Reactions to them, however, are varied, especially when the health care provider possesses a different belief about the care, or non-provision of care, in a particular situation.
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Advance directives concerning treatment have been firmly established in our society. Reactions to them, however, are varied, especially when the health care provider possesses a different belief about the care, or non-provision of care, in a particular situation.
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Resuscitating Advance Directives
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004Advance 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. Requirements for witnessing or notarizing advance directives make it difficult for patients to complete a written directive during a ...
Bernard, Lo, Robert, Steinbrook
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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1999
Different types of advance directives invite varying interpretation from emergency care professionals. As informed consent of a patient is not always possible to procure in emergency situations, advance directives can provide useful guidelines for clinicians' decision-making processes regarding individual patient care.
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Different types of advance directives invite varying interpretation from emergency care professionals. As informed consent of a patient is not always possible to procure in emergency situations, advance directives can provide useful guidelines for clinicians' decision-making processes regarding individual patient care.
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Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2013
As the population ages, end-of-life care (EOLC) costs become an increasingly pressing subject. Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to convey their decisions about EOLC. Although ADs have been shown to reduce EOLC costs, most people do not have ADs.
Adam E M, Eltorai, Richard W, Besdine
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As the population ages, end-of-life care (EOLC) costs become an increasingly pressing subject. Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to convey their decisions about EOLC. Although ADs have been shown to reduce EOLC costs, most people do not have ADs.
Adam E M, Eltorai, Richard W, Besdine
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On Advancing Advance Directives
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1995In a recentissue of theArchives, Reilly et al 1 undertook to determine whether a simple educational intervention, namely, the mailing of an educational brochure describing advance directives and a copy of the New York State Health Care Proxy form, would encourage outpatients in a community to execute durable health care proxies.
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Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2014
As the population ages, end-of-life care (EOLC) becomes an increasingly pressing issue. Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to convey their decisions about EOLC. Although ADs have been shown to reduce EOLC costs, most people do not have ADs.
Adam E M, Eltorai, Richard W, Besdine
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As the population ages, end-of-life care (EOLC) becomes an increasingly pressing issue. Advance directives (ADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to convey their decisions about EOLC. Although ADs have been shown to reduce EOLC costs, most people do not have ADs.
Adam E M, Eltorai, Richard W, Besdine
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