Prevalence of living wills among older adults in Germany [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2023 Background: Living wills regulate medical decisions in emergency situations. Those who create a living will can have it registered voluntarily in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney.
Susanne Wurm +3 more
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Perceptions, beliefs, and anticipations regarding living wills among Master’s degree nursing students in China: an exploratory qualitative study [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground Steeped in cultural heritage, the Chinese traditionally equate death with misfortune. This deeply rooted belief has led to a low rate of living will signings and poses challenges for implementing death education.
Yishan Yan +3 more
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Awareness, Knowledge, and Acceptance of Living Wills Among Chinese Cancer Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]
Health Care ScienceBackground Given the suboptimal quality of end‐of‐life care among patients with cancer in China, promoting living wills is critical in this population.
Longxia Hu +18 more
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Legislative recognition and implementation challenges of living wills in China [PDF]
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in MedicineThe 2022 revision of China’s Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Medical Regulations marks the nation’s inaugural legislative recognition of “living wills” as legally binding instruments.
Long Chen
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The living will system in mainland China: legislative status quo, dilemmas and prospects [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthAs the right of patients to make autonomous decisions about life-sustaining treatment has gained wider recognition, many countries have introduced legislation on living wills.
Longmei Tian
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Analysis of middle-aged and older adults’ willingness concerning living wills and associated factors [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveTo investigate the current status of Living Will willingness among middle-aged and older adults in Shenzhen, China, and to systematically identify its associated influencing factors.MethodsBased on the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Life ...
Linyu Jiang, Yuwan Duan, Daping Li
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Unsolved questions and preferred solution about living will [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2018 Background Ethical problems about end-of-life medicine include a variety of issues approached in different ways by physicians and, more recently, special emphasis to this kind of ethical issues and possible answers has done by Italian National Ethical ...
Antonina Argo +3 more
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The readiness of knowledge, attitude and confidence and associated factors of implementing living wills among healthcare professionals in Shenzhen: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Medical EthicsBackground On January 1st, 2023, Shenzhen became the first city to legalize living wills in China. However, less was known about the readiness of healthcare professionals (HCPs) to implement Article 78 of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Medical ...
Yao Tang +4 more
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The characteristics of patients' medical care, living will, and signs of death by age and the place of death: A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire survey targeting physicians with expertise in end-of-life care. [PDF]
PLoS ONEObjectivesFew studies have examined how age and place of death among end-of-life patients are associated with the medical care they receive and the signs of death.
Mitsutaka Yakabe +8 more
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