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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
doaj   +1 more source

A Multigenerational Study on the Correlation of Values and Advance Directives [PDF]

, 1992
The development of the Values History instrument for use in advance directive decision making has raised the question of the importance of values in eliciting advance directives.
Gorenflo, Daniel W., Antonucci, Toni, Doukas, David J., and Gorenflo, Daniel W.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Stability of end-of-life preferences in relation to health status and life-events: A cohort study with a 6-year follow-up among holders of an advance directive.

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, H Roeline W Pasman, Jos W R Twisk, Guy A M Widdershoven, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Law, Autonomy and Advance Directives [PDF]

, 2010
The principle of autonomy underpins legal regulation of advance directives that refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. The primacy of autonomy in this domain is recognised expressly in the case law, through judicial pronouncement, and implicitly in ...
Mathews, Ben, White, Ben, Willmott, Lindy   +2 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital Policy on Advance Directives: Do Institutions Ask Patients About Living Wills? [PDF]

, 1989
Hospitals throughout the United States were surveyed in 1988 to determine their policies on advance directives, including living wills and durable power of attorney documents.
McCrary, S. Van, Botkin, Jeffrey R.
core   +1 more source

Advance directives in patients with head and neck cancer - status quo and factors influencing their creation

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, Magdalena Gostian, Matthias Balk, Robin Rupp, Clarissa Allner, Konstantinos Mantsopoulos, Christoph Ostgathe, Heinrich Iro, Markus Hecht, Antoniu-Oreste Gostian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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.
openaire   +2 more sources

Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Patient Self-Determination Act and the Future of Advance Directives [PDF]

, 1991
Living wills and other advance directives currently play a limited role in medical decision making. A new federal law, the Patient Self-Determination Act, will require health care providers in hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities to inquire ...
Greco, Peter J., Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Peter J. Greco, Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa, and Hansen-Flaschen, John, Kevin A. Schulman, John Hansen-Flaschen, Schulman, Kevin A., Hansen-Flaschen, John   +8 more
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