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Roles of Physicians, Attorneys, and Illness Experience in Advance Directives

, 1999
BACKGROUND: Age, illness severity, functional status, and education are associated with advance directive completion. We examined these patient characteristics and discussions with attorneys and physicians in a predictive model for advance directive ...
Kazis, Lewis, Mansell, Dorcas, Heeren, Timothy, Glantz, Leonard   +3 more
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Neurocognitive, School‐Based, and Quality of Life Outcomes for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia: A Scoping Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The medical burdens of sickle cell disease (SCD) and transfusion‐dependent β‐thalassemia (TDT) are chronic and cumulative, even in children. Yet the effects expand beyond medications and healthcare visits due to their impacts on school attendance, academic performance, and peer engagement.
Mary Ann Etling, Hakim Tokhi, Alexander A. Boucher   +2 more
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Advance directives in the context of imprisonment

, 2013
In countries where prison healthcare is truly independent and the principle of equivalence is fully respected, advance directives are a means of increasing patients’ self-determination.
Bernice S. Elger, Elger, Bernice Simone, Elger, BS   +2 more
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Experience With Performing Rheocarna Therapy via the Single‐Needle Method for Treatment of Chronic Limb‐Threatening Ischemia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the safety and efficacy of single‐needle Rheocarna therapy for chronic limb‐threatening ischemia (CLTI) with wounds. Methods Six patients with CLTI involving ulcers unresponsive to revascularization underwent single‐needle Rheocarna treatment.
Yasutaka Yamauchi, Rie Tanaka, Reona Kawahira, Shingo Nabeta, Kouhei Naoi, Kazuhito Kitajima, Akira Wada, Tomonari Takagi, Norihiko Ohura, Akira Miyamoto   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variables that influence the medical decision regarding Advance Directives and their impact on end-of-life care

Einstein (São Paulo), 2019
The objective of this study was to identify the variables that influence physicians to implement Advance Directives and assess their impact on end-of-life care.
Larissa Mont’Alverne de Arruda, Kelline Paiva Bringel Abreu, Laryssa Braga Cavalcante Santana, Manuela Vasconcelos de Castro Sales   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Psychiatric Advance Directives

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2019
They can enhance the lives of patients with mental illness, but multiple obstacles impede their implementation.
openaire   +3 more sources

Advance Care Directives: Realities and Challenges in Central California

, 2011
To discover where patients with advance directives (ADs) obtain them and to learn what patients' understanding is of how ADs ...
Tunzi, Marc
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Effectiveness of Resistance Intradialytic Exercise Compared to Aerobic Intradialytic Exercise for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis commonly experience reduced physical function, fatigue, poor sleep quality, and impaired health‐related quality of life. Intradialytic exercise has been proposed as a non‐pharmacological strategy to improve these outcomes.
Klebson da Silva Almeida, Gisela Cristiane Miyamoto, Daniel da Costa Torres, Ian Setubal Reis Chaves, Jonas do Carmo Paschoalin, Braúlio Lima Nascimento, Luciana Dias Chiavegato   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of advance directives in preventing compulsory placement and coercive measures in Switzerland: a need to review present practice

Swiss Medical Weekly
In Switzerland, where individual self-determination and self-responsibility are strong values, coercive measures are still very present in the care of individuals with mental health conditions.
Nikola Biller-Andorno, Sophie Gloeckler
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The Physician's Role in Completing Advance Directives: Ensuring Patients' Capacity to Make Healthcare Decisions in Advance

, 1994
Patients are joining their physicians more often in making decisions about medical care. With advance directives patients can make their preferences about care known, even when they cannot participate in medical decisions, and choose the people they want
Wenger, Neil S., Halpern, Jodi
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