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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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Directing citizens to create advance directives
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018 This article describes the Swiss law on advance directives that was passed at the beginning of 2013 and led to more certainty about the legally binding character of such directives. However, for various reasons the drafting of advance directives is not
Sophie Haesen, David Shaw
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Ulysses’ crew or Circe? – the implications of advance directives in mental health for psychiatrists [PDF]
, 2004 No abstract ...
Dresser, Homer
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PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Stating preferences about care beforehand using advance care planning and advance directives has become increasingly common in current medicine.
Matthijs P S van Wijmen +4 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 +3 more
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How do general practitioners conceptualise advance care planning in their practice? : a qualitative study [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives : To explore how GPs conceptualise advance care planning (ACP), based on their experiences with ACP in their practice. Methods : Five focus groups were held with 36 GPs. Discussions were analysed using a constant comparative method. Results :
Beernaert, Kim +5 more
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Advance directives in the emergency department
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020 Advance directives are documents to convey patients’ preferences in the event they are unable to communicate them. Patients commonly present to the emergency department near the end of life.
Eileen F. Baker, Catherine A. Marco
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Advance health directives: competing perceptions, intentions and use by patients and doctors in Queensland [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reports on mixed method empirical research undertaken with individuals who have completed advance health directives ('principals') and doctors who have either attested to the principal's capacity when the document was completed or been called ...
Purser, Kelly +4 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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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Advance Care Planning including living wills and durable powers of attorney for healthcare is a highly relevant topic aiming to increase patient autonomy and reduce medical overtreatment.
Moritz Allner +9 more
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