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Dementia, Intelligence, and the Competence to Complete Advance Directives
, 1999 At referral, a fifth of patients with dementia were competent to complete advance directives.
Jacoby, Robin, Hope, Tony, Fazel, Seena
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Latino children are projected to make up nearly one‐third of United States (US) children by 2060, and many of their caregivers speak Spanish. Prior survey research has documented communication difficulties for Spanish‐speaking caregivers of children with cancer, but contemporary qualitative data are limited.
Jenny Ruiz +6 more
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Medical and family caregivers' conceptions in the face of advance directives
Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2019 Objective: To understand how doctors and family caregivers understand the applicability of the Advance Directives to end-of-life care. Method: qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, conducted with seven doctors of a university hospital in ...
Silvana Bastos Cogo +4 more
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Making an advance directive [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 The introduction in Britain of advance directives--which allow a person to state in advance of becoming incompetent that they wish to take part in treatment decisions when no longer mentally competent--has now been advocated by the medical and legal establishments.
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A Prospective Study of Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care
, 1991 To evaluate the effectiveness of advance directives, the authors conducted a prospective study over a two-year period in a nursing home. A group of 126 competent residents and 49 family members of incompetent residents were interviewed to determine ...
Danis, Marion
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a recognized trigger of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP); however, its incidence and impact on disease course in children remain controversial. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the clinical course of pediatric patients with CMV‐associated ITP.
Oded Gilad +9 more
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Advance healthcare directives [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2006 Dying was once a relatively straightforward affair. If you had a terminal illness or were mortally injured, there was little your doctor could do apart from relieve your suffering and comfort your relatives. Nature would take its inexorable course. Two things changed this simple process: first, the arrival of lifesupporting or life-extending measures ...
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Advance Directives and Withdrawal of Dialysis in the United States, Germany, and Japan
, 1996 OBJECTIVE: To determine the role of advance directives in decisions to withdraw chronic dialysis in the United States, Germany, and Japan. DESIGN: Survey by questionnaire.
Sehgal, Ashwini R. +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been reported in survivors of childhood and young adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL); however, data from cohorts treated with contemporary protocols and including matched controls remain limited.
Karen Schow Jensen +10 more
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Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2019 Background: Advance directives have been established as a legal document that ensures patients’ wishes are followed if/when they cannot make medical decisions for themselves. The concept, advance directive, is rooted in the ethical principle of patient’s
Michael Oriakhi +4 more
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