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Family communication, death taboo, and advance directives: a cross-sectional study of institutionalized older adults in China

BMC Palliative Care
Background A conceptually guided framework examining how family communication relates to advance directive completion rates among older adults may offer useful insights for improving end-of-life decision-making in aging societies.
Yan Tian, Wen You, Can Xu, Yuehua Zhang
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Sylvia Cheng, Lucie Lafay‐Cousin, Vanan Issai Magimairajan, Craig Erker, Stéphanie Vairy, Lynette Bowes, Adam Fleming, Donna Johnston, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Julie Bennett, Christina Coleman, Laura Wheaton, Shayna Zelcer, Samuele Renzi, Thai Hoa Tran   +17 more
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How Can Be Increased the Accessibility and Effectiveness of Advance Directives?

Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2023
One or more forms of advance directives are regulated in the majority of legal systems. However, people generally do not create advance directives.
Balázs Tőkey, István Hoffman
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Comparative Drug Response Profiling in Neuroblastoma Cell Lines and Patient‐Derived Tumor Organoids

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High‐risk neuroblastoma remains a leading cause of pediatric cancer mortality, and improved preclinical models are needed to guide therapeutic developments. We screened seven high‐risk neuroblastoma cell lines and three patient‐derived tumor organoids with 528 compounds alongside bone marrow controls, and compared them with external datasets ...
Krzysztof Wierbiłowicz, Se Whee Sammy Park, Aironas Los, Ernest Liu, Nona Struyf, Tom Erkers, Sören Lehmann, Jan J. Molenaar, Jakob Stenman, Olli Kallioniemi, Päivi Östling, Brinton Seashore‐Ludlow, Kasper Karlsson   +12 more
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Measuring Capacity to Complete an Advance Directive

, 1996
OBJECTIVE: To validate reference standards for the assessment of capacity to complete an advance directive and to develop and test three simple screening instruments.
Molloy, D. William, Singer, Peter A., Darzins, Peteris, Guyatt, Gordon H., Silberfeld, Michel, Rush, Bonnie, Strang, David, Bedard, Michel   +7 more
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Awareness, approval and completion of advance directives in older adults in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018
BACKGROUND Advance directives enable people to describe their preferences for medical treatment (living will) and/or to appoint a healthcare proxy who may decide on their behalf should they lose decision-making capacity.
Sarah Vilpert, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Jürgen Maurer, Gian Domenico Borasio   +3 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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The Medical Directive: A New Comprehensive Advance Care Document

, 1989
Living wills have been endorsed in principle but little used in practice because physicians and patients find them vague and difficult to apply. The authors propose a new advance care document, the Medical Directive, that physicians can recommend to ...
Emanuel, Linda L., Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suicide by Advance Directive?

, 2008
The medical response to suicide is generally resuscitation, followed by attempts to maximise the patient's recovery. Care is generally withdrawn when it is futile and there is no hope for recovery.
Sontheimer, D.
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