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Design of the Advance Directives Cohort: a study of end-of-life decision-making focusing on Advance Directives

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background ADs are documents in which one can state one's preferences concerning end-of-life care, aimed at making someone's wishes known in situations where he/she is not able to do so in another manner. There is still a lot unclear about ADs.
Onwuteaka-Philipsen Bregje D, Kaspers Pam J, Pasman H, Rurup Mette L, van Wijmen Matthijs PS   +4 more
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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), Vathorst, S. (Suzanne) van de   +1 more
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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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A review and analysis of new Italian law 219/2017: ‘provisions for informed consent and advance directives treatment’

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
In December 2017, Law 219/2017, ‘Provisions for informed consent and advance directives’, was approved in Italy. The law is the culmination of a year-long process and the subject of heated debate throughout Italian society.
M. Di Paolo, Federica Gori, L. Papi, E. Turillazzi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Content analysis of Advance Directives completed by patients with advanced cancer as part of an Advance Care Planning intervention : insights gained from the ACTION trial [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose Writing an Advance Directive (AD) is often seen as a part of Advance Care Planning (ACP). ADs may include specific preferences regarding future care and treatment and information that provides a context for healthcare professionals and relatives ...
Caswell, G, Deliens, Luc, Ingravallo, F, Jabbarian, LJ, Johnsen, AT, Kars, MC, Korfage, IJ, Mimić, A, Møller Arnfeldt, C, Preston, NJ, van Delden, JJM, Zwakman, Marieke   +11 more
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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

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 in European long-term care facilities: a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2019
Background End-of-life care practices in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are the focus of growing attention in Europe, due to rapidly increasing number of older persons living in LTCFs.
P. Andreasen, U. Finne-Soveri, L. Deliens, L. Van den Block, S. Payne, G. Gambassi, B. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, T. Smets, E. Lilja, V. Kijowska, K. Szczerbińska   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Psychiatric Advance Directives Under the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: Why Advance Instructions Should Be Able to Override Current Preferences

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are documents by means of which mental health service users can make known their preferences regarding treatment in a future mental health crisis. Many states with explicit legal provisions for PADs have ratified the
M. Scholten, A. Gieselmann, J. Gather, J. Vollmann   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Bhattarai, P, Currow, D, Davidson, P, Krastev, Y, Luckett, T, Phillips, J   +6 more
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