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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: The importance of advance care planning (ACP) discussions have been heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed advance directive completion, healthcare proxy (HCP), and attitudes toward ACP among older adults ages 50+ living with ...
Annie L. Nguyen +4 more
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Seizure, 2010 When I arrived at the Chalfont Centre in September 1969 I was frightened by the place. I did not understand what epilepsy was or why I needed to be there. I was told nothing about it at all. I had been diagnosed with the condition at the age of 14 before being sent to Chalfont. All I knewwas the name of what it was that I had: ‘epilepsy’.
Davis, Malcolm, Davis, Wendy
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Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2023 The main purpose of the study undertaken in this paper is a synthetic presentation of the major stages of the dispute over the legalization of assisted suicide in Italy as well as an analysis of selected ethical and legal aspects related to this issue ...
Andrzej Kobyliński
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The Problem of the Conscience Clause of Healthcare Professionals in Italy in the Years 2017-2020
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2020 The main goal of the article is to analyse the key elements of the living will in Italy and present the dispute regarding the understanding of the conscience clause of healthcare professionals.
Andrzej Kobyliński
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Public Awareness and Attitude toward Palliative Care in Thailand
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2020 Objective: This study aims to examine the Thai public’s awareness and attitude toward the end of life and palliative care. Methods: We surveyed between February and April 2018.
Wannapha Kunakornvong +1 more
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Advance directives in the emergency department
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020 Advance directives are documents to convey patients’ preferences in the event they are unable to communicate them. Patients commonly present to the emergency department near the end of life.
Eileen F. Baker, Catherine A. Marco
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Ethics and aging: focus on living will for patients with dementia
Geriatric Care, 2017 Today dementia certainly represents a public health priority with a huge global impact on wordwide population. However, clinical and social issues related to dementia have long been marginalized.
Alberto Sardella +5 more
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Artificial Life, 2013 This article presents an overview of current and potential applications of living technology to some urban problems. Living technology can be described as technology that exhibits the core features of living systems. These features can be useful to solve dynamic problems. In particular, urban problems concerning mobility, logistics, telecommunications,
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Live Coding, Live Notation, Live Performance [PDF]
Electronic Workshops in Computing, 2016 This paper/demonstration explores relationships between code, notation including representation, visualisation and performance. Performative aspects of live coding activities are increasingly being investigated as the live coding movement continues to grow and develop.
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The living will, cultural aspects of death, and mourning rituals
Annals of Indian Psychiatry, 2018 Indian subcontinent, diverse though in many respects, has a common systematized cultural mechanism to cope with loss. What is unique about Hindus is their belief in reincarnation and the concept of karma.
Manohar Dhadphale
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