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Perceptions of the Importance of Advance Care Planning During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Adults Living With HIV

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

The Problem of the Conscience Clause of Healthcare Professionals in Italy in the Years 2017-2020

open access: yesStudia 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
doaj   +1 more source

Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Dispute Over the Legalization of Assisted Suicide in Italy in 2017-2022

open access: yesStudia 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
doaj   +1 more source

Living two lives [PDF]

open access: yesSeizure, 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
openaire   +2 more sources

Erfahrungen mit der Suche nach Informationen über Vorsorgedokumente im Internet

open access: yesMonitor Versorgungsforschung, 2023
Ein wichtiger Bereich der Gesundheitsvorsorge ist die Vorausplanung für medizinische Notfälle, die durch Vorsorgedokumente individuell geregelt werden kann.
Andrea Weber MSc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Awareness and Attitude toward Palliative Care in Thailand

open access: yesSiriraj 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
doaj   +1 more source

Advance directives in the emergency department

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Ethics and aging: focus on living will for patients with dementia

open access: yesGeriatric 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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Living in Living Cities [PDF]

open access: yesArtificial 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,
openaire   +3 more sources

Advance Care Planning and Advance Directives Completion of Elderly Patients at a Rural Health Clinic on a Regional Medical Campus

open access: yesJournal of Regional Medical Campuses, 2020
Advance care planning is the shared decision-making process between physicians, patients, and families regarding the patient’s preferences for end of life care.
Sarah Irvin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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