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Lost in Translation: The Unintended Consequences of Advance Directive Law on Clinical Care

, 2011
Advance directive law may compromise the clinical effectiveness of advance ...
Castillo, Lesley S, Hooper, Sarah M, Williams, Brie A, Sabatino, Charles P, Sudore, Rebecca L, Weithorn, Lois A   +5 more
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Readability of state-sponsored advance directive forms in the United States: a cross sectional study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2010
Background State governments provide preprinted advance directive forms to the general public. However, many adults in the United States (US) lack the skills necessary to read and comprehend health care-related materials.
Mueller Paul S, Reid Kevin I, Mueller Luke A   +2 more
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Medical practitioners\u27 death anxiety and the advance directive [PDF]

, 2012
This study examined whether there is a correlation between medical practitioner\u27s level of death anxiety and communication about the advance directive.
Macias, Natalie, Macias, Daisy
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Quality of dying in nursing home residents dying with dementia: does advanced care planning matter? A nationwide postmortem study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Advance care planning is considered a central component of good quality palliative care and especially relevant for people who lose the capacity to make decisions at the end of life, which is the case for many nursing home residents with dementia. We set
An Vandervoort, Dirk Houttekier, Robert Vander Stichele, Jenny T van der Steen, Lieve Van den Block   +4 more
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What Can a Primary Care Physician Discuss With Older Patients to Improve Advance Directive Completion Rates? A Clin-IQ

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2017
Advance directives (ADs) provide patients with the opportunity to indicate their preferences for medical care while they still maintain the capacity to express their wishes, thus retaining autonomy.
Judith M. Myers, Edmund Duthie Jr., Kathryn Denson, Steven Denson, Deborah Simpson   +4 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi Components in the Implementation of Advanced Care Planning for Patients with Cancer: A Scoping Review [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences
Introduction: Advance care planning (ACP) facilitates patients’ preferences for future treatment. It has been associated with improved quality of end-of-life care. While several factors contribute to ACP implementation, little is known about the specific
Yodang Yodang, Erna Rochmawati, Sarah Amalia, Christantie Effendy   +3 more
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Advance directives and advance agreements [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 2005
The paper by Amering et al ([2005][1]) adds to the growing literature on advance directives. The main difficulty with advance directives seems to be that with the available training programmes very few service users can be enthused to draft one.
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gift of Peace of Mind-The For yourself For your Family, 2000, Large Print Edition [PDF]

, 2000
The purpose of this booklet is to educate the public about advance directives. By doing so, we hope to increase the use of advance directives, as well as the quality and accuracy of the documents themselves.

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