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Issues in the development of advance directives in mental health care [PDF]
, 2003 <i>Background</i>: Interest in advance directives in mental health care is growing internationally. There is no clear universal agreement as to what such an advance directive is or how it should function.
Atkinson, J.M. +3 more
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BMC Medical Ethics, 2022 Background Everybody has the right to decide whether to receive specific medical treatment or not and to provide their free, prior and informed consent to do so.
Stefanie Baisch +19 more
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Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2018 Background: Psychiatric advance directives have been incorporated in the Mental Health Care Act 2017 despite strong concerns about their feasibility and utility in the Indian patient population. Data on its utility in India is very scarce.
Bheemsain Tekkalaki +5 more
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Association between knowledge and attitudes towards advance directives in emergency services
BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 Background Implementing the routine consultation of patient advance directives in hospital emergency departments and emergency medical services has become essential, given that advance directives constitute the frame of reference for care personalisation
Silvia Poveda-Moral +5 more
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A new law on advance directives in Germany [PDF]
, 2010 This article presents the new German law on advance directives from 1 September 2009. The history of the parliamentary process of this law is described, the present regulations are explained, their relevance for medical practice discussed and ...
Borasio, Gian Domenico +3 more
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Nurses’ perceptions of advance directives
Atención Primaria, 2014 Objective: To identify nurses perceptions of Advance Directives (AD) and to analyse the influence of experience with AD on their perception. Material and methods: Quantitative, descriptive, correlational study conducted in a hospital in central Portugal ...
Ernestina Silva +2 more
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Advance directives among community-dwelling stroke survivors.
PLoS ONE, 2023 ObjectiveAdvance directives (ADs) are integral to health care, allowing patients to specify surrogate decision-makers and treatment preferences in case of loss of capacity.
Soumya Gupta +4 more
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Advance research directives: avoiding double standards
BMC Medical Ethics, 2021 Background Advance research directives (ARD) have been suggested as a means by which to facilitate research with incapacitated subjects, in particular in the context of dementia research.
Bert Heinrichs
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Beyond competence: advance directives in dementia research [PDF]
, 2015 Dementia is highly prevalent and incurable. The participation of dementia patients in clinical research is indispensable if we want to find an effective treatment for dementia.
Jongsma, K.R. (Karin) +1 more
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Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: a systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives A drive to promote advance care planning at a population level has led to a proliferation of online advance care directive (ACD) templates but little information to guide consumer choice.
Agar, M +6 more
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