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Preferences for Advance Directives in Korea

Nursing Research and Practice, 2012
Background. The goal of advance directives is to help patients retain their dignity and autonomy by making their own decisions regarding end-stage medical treatment. The purpose of this study was to examine preferences of advance directives among general
So-Sun Kim, Won-Hee Lee, JooYoung Cheon, Jung-Eun Lee, KiSun Yeo, JuHee Lee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurses’ Opinions on the Advance Directives for Care of Terminal Stage in Songklanagarind Hospital.

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2013
Objective: 1) To study nurses’ opinions on advance directives. 2) To compare nurses’ opinions on advance directives for care of terminal stage among nurses with different proficiency levels.
Uaiporn Pattrapakdikul, Sirin Sastranuruk   +1 more
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Improving Advance Directive Use Through Provider Education at Newtown Primary Care [PDF]

, 2018
Nationally, there seems to be a discrepancy between a patient\u27s desire to talk about end-of-life care and their act of doing so. An advance directive is a legal document that enables an individual facilitate an end-of-life care discussion with someone.
Wong, Timothy
core   +1 more source

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advance Directives as Support of Autonomy for Persons with Dementia A Pilot Study among Persons with Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 2017
Background: Advance directives could be an important instrument to support a person’s will once he/she is not able to consent anymore – if composed competently. A survey was conducted to identify the level of knowledge concerning possibilities and limits
Martina Schmidhuber, Sandra Haeupler, Velislava Marinova-Schmidt, Andreas Frewer, Peter L. Kolominsky-Rabas   +4 more
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advance Directives in India: Seeking the Individual within the Community [PDF]

, 2023
Kelly Amal Dhru, Ravindra Ghooi
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Prevalence, clinical impact and associated patient-centred outcomes of advance directives in Swiss intensive care units: Results from the retrospective ADVISE Study

Swiss Medical Weekly
STUDY AIMS: Data on the usefulness of advance directives for end-of-life decision-making in intensive care units (ICUs) are scarce. The primary aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of advance directives in patients of two Swiss ...
Sira Maria Baumann, Dominik Vock, Paulina S. C. Kliem, Simon A. Amacher, Yasmin Erne, Pascale Grzonka, Sebastian Berger, Martin Lohri, Sabina Hunziker, Caroline E. Gebhard, Mathias Nebiker, Luca Cioccari, Raoul Sutter   +12 more
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Why have Advance Directives failed in Spain?

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background In Spain, there has been great effort by lawmakers to put Advance Directives (ADs) into practice since 2002. At the same time, the field of bioethics has been on the rise, a discipline that has spurred debate on the right of patients to ...
Benjamín Herreros, María Benito, Pablo Gella, Emanuele Valenti, Beatriz Sánchez, Tayra Velasco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source