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Obstacles and Facilitating Factors in Decision-Making of Elderly Patients’ Living Will in the Chinese Context—A Literature Review

open access: yesRisk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2022
Yanting Zhang,1,* Wenjia Long,2,* Ling Wang,3,* Liu Yang,4 Jun Zhong2,* 1Nursing Department, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan ...
Zhang Y, Long W, Wang L, Yang L, Zhong J
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The Application of Advance Directives and Living Will in Persons With Dementia [PDF]

open access: yesGeriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
The growth in world ageing is associated with an increase in life expectancy particularly in persons of more advanced ages, which expands the number of older persons with chronic-degenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease in particular.
Cláudia Burlá, Rui Manuel Lopes Nunes
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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
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The Crossroads of Plastination and Pilgrimage

open access: yesReligions, 2018
At the Singapore Science Centre in 2010, I went to Body Worlds, an exhibit set up by the Institute for Plastination, founded by Gunther von Hagens. As I later learned, he pioneered plastination—the art, science, and technique of preserving entire bodies ...
Chadwick Co SY SU
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Review and Perfection of Living Will System

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi
With the promulgation of the Revised Medical Regulations of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in 2022, the legal effect of living wills has been recognised for the first time in China's legislation, which has sparked widespread concern and discussion across
CHEN Long, REN Minghui
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Bioethics and health law: the living will. Proposal to create a living will record in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this piece of work, we present a proposal to create a living will record in Europe that will allow people to have the same rights wherever they are.
Díez Rodríguez, José Ramón   +1 more
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis   +9 more
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Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living Wills

open access: yes, 2011
Artículo de ...
Huertas, Thomas F., Lastra, Rosa María.
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Talking About Palliative Care Recipients From the Perspective of Promoting Living Wills

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi
At present, all countries and regions providing palliative care service regard living wills and similar documents expressing personal wishes as the legal premise for carrying out this medical service.
WANG Bo, JIANG Wei, LUO Yuping
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