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The living will system in mainland China: legislative status quo, dilemmas and prospects. [PDF]

Front Public Health
As the right of patients to make autonomous decisions about life-sustaining treatment has gained wider recognition, many countries have introduced legislation on living wills.
Tian L.
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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 Med Ethics
Background 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 ...
Tang Y, Li M, Zhu Y, Huo R, Li X.
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Conscientious objection to enforcing living wills: A conflict between beneficence and autonomy and a solution from Indian philosophy

Qeios, 2023
Living wills document how patients wish to be treated in the event of becoming incompetent to make their medical decisions. Living wills are legally enforceable in India, nonetheless, doctors can claim conscientious objection to implementing any aspect ...
Laalithya Konduru, Nishant Das
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Knowledge and Attitudes towards Living Wills among Medical University students

International Healthcare Review (online), 2022
Objectives of the study:  During palliative care some patients cannot independently choose which therapies to accept or not to accept at the end of life and it is hence significant to promote and legalize the understanding of living wills amongst health ...
Hanyu Chang, Xia Li, Kai-qiang Wang, Lijun Yu   +3 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 One
ObjectivesFew 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.
Yakabe M, Hosoi T, Matsumoto S, Miura S, Hoshi K, Iwao S, Kitamura Y, Akishita M, Ogawa S.   +8 more
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Knowledge and attitudes towards living wills among healthcare professionals, residents and relatives in nursing homes: A qualitative study.

Health and Social Care in the community, 2021
Living wills are a tool to support the principle of autonomy in end-of-life situations, when the person does not have the capacity to make decisions. The aim was to explore the knowledge and attitudes of residents, relatives and healthcare professionals ...
Á. Fernández-Rodríguez, C. Sarabia-Cobo, J. Molina-Mula   +2 more
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Living Wills And Geriatrics

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2020
Objective: Understand the application and importance of the living wills and the advance directives in geriatrics. Method: This is an integrative literature review with descriptive and exploratory characteristics. The portal of the Virtual Health Library
Luciana Colares Maia
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Letter: Advanced Directives are valuable

South African Family Practice, 2009
No abstract available.
Ronald F. Ingle
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Living wills—Controversy and certainty

Journal of Professional Nursing, 1990
Crisham, Patricia
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Obstacles and Facilitating Factors in Decision-Making of Elderly Patients’ Living Will in the Chinese Context—A Literature Review

Risk 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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