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The Hastings Center Report, 1994
As we define the ethical framework in which directives operate, we must heed empirical research. Studies indicate that patients, wishes about life-sustaining treatments are not entirely stable over time, though choices to forgo life-sustaining treatment seem to be much more stable than choices to receive such treatment.[1] One report provides an ...
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As we define the ethical framework in which directives operate, we must heed empirical research. Studies indicate that patients, wishes about life-sustaining treatments are not entirely stable over time, though choices to forgo life-sustaining treatment seem to be much more stable than choices to receive such treatment.[1] One report provides an ...
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Advance medical directives [PDF]
, 2013 Jesse J. Richardson, Jr. and L.
Richardson, Jesse J., Geyer, L. Leon
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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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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2011
The number of elderly persons is expected to increase to 55 million by 2020, with the minority population increasing to 12.9 million, yet fewer than 30% of Americans have advance directives in place. Cultural values, religious beliefs, and family support systems are a few of the factors that influence or hinder the completion of advance directives ...
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The number of elderly persons is expected to increase to 55 million by 2020, with the minority population increasing to 12.9 million, yet fewer than 30% of Americans have advance directives in place. Cultural values, religious beliefs, and family support systems are a few of the factors that influence or hinder the completion of advance directives ...
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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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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2015
Resolution of long-standing debates about the role and impact of advance directives - living wills and powers of attorney for health care - has been hampered by a dearth of appropriate data, in particular data that compare the process and outcomes of end-of-life decision making on behalf of patients with and without advance directives.
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Resolution of long-standing debates about the role and impact of advance directives - living wills and powers of attorney for health care - has been hampered by a dearth of appropriate data, in particular data that compare the process and outcomes of end-of-life decision making on behalf of patients with and without advance directives.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991
E J, Emanuel +2 more
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E J, Emanuel +2 more
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1997
R S, Kaplan, J A, Tuennerman
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R S, Kaplan, J A, Tuennerman
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