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Communication About Advance Directives: Are Patients Sharing Information With Physicians?

, 1992
...As part of a larger investigation of patient opinions and behaviors about ADs [advance directives], the present study examined patient communication patterns and preferences and sought to determine the extent to which patients direct communication ...
Elpern, Ellen, Burton, Laurel A., Yellen, Suzanne B.   +2 more
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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

Concordance between Proxy Level of Care Preference and Advance Directives among Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2018
Context: Care consistent with goals is the desired outcome of advance care planning (ACP). Objectives: To examine concordance between advance directives and proxy care preferences among nursing home residents with advanced dementia, and determine the ...
Simon M Cohen, A. Volandes, M. Shaffer, L. Hanson, Daniel A. Habtemariam, S. Mitchell   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advance Directives: The New Zealand Context

, 2005
Advance directives convey consumers' wishes about accepting or refusing future treatment if they become incompetent. They are designed to communicate a competent consumer's perspective regarding the preferred treatment, should the consumer later become ...
Diesfeld, Kate, McCallin, Antoinette, Wareham, Pauline   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Deep Sequencing of FLT3‐ITD Enables Response Evaluation and Post‐Treatment Monitoring in Childhood AML: An Exploratory Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An internal tandem duplication in the gene encoding Fms‐like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3‐ITD) is associated with high relapse risk and poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and plays a crucial role in treatment decisions. Measurable residual disease (MRD) analysis of FLT3‐ITD during and after treatment has shown prognostic ...
Sofie Johansson Alm, Bea Tornberg, Erik Delsing Malmberg, Henrik Hasle, Kristian Løvvik Juul‐Dam, Lars Palmqvist, Borhan R. Saeed, Giti Shah Barkhordar, Anastasia Soboli, Anna Staffas, Jonas Abrahamsson, Linda Fogelstrand   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advance Directives, Dementia, and "The Someone Else Problem"

, 1999
Advance directives permit competent adult patients to provide guidance regarding their care in the event that they lose the capacity to make medical decisions.
DeGrazia, David
core   +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
doaj  

Factors associated with advance directives completion among patients with advance care planning communication in Taipei, Taiwan

PLoS ONE, 2018
Background Although advance directives (AD) have been implemented for years in western countries, the concept of AD is not promoted extensively in eastern countries. In this study we evaluate a program to systematically conduct advance care planning (ACP)
D. Chu, Y. Yen, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Y. Lai, Y. Lai, W. Sun, M. Ko, Li-Ying Huang, Chu-Chieh Chen, J. Curtis, Ya-Ling Lee, Sheng-Jean Huang   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Claudin‐6 Protein Expression in Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors Is Strongly Enriched in the Molecular Subgroup AT/RT‐TYR

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Claudin‐6 has emerged as a promising immunotherapeutic target, yet protein‐level data in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RTs) have been inconsistent. We analyzed 36 well‐characterized AT/RT samples and found membranous claudin‐6 protein expression in 58% of cases, with striking enrichment in the molecular subgroup AT/RT‐TYR (100%) and ...
Victoria E. Fincke, Christian Thomas, Michael C. Frühwald, Pascal D. Johann, Martin Hasselblatt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source