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Knowledge of medical students regarding living wills

, 2015
The end of a person’s life raises many ethical dilemmas. Recently, the Brazil’s Federal Council of Medicine approved and regulated the concept of “living will”; as a result, it is of considerable importance that doctors understand the issues that ...

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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Testamento vital, conocimiento y opinión que sobre él tiene una población de asistentes a unas jornadas sobre la enfermedad de Alzheimer Living will, knowledge and opinion that an attending population to an Alzheimer's disease workshop has

Gerokomos, 2013
Objetivo: recoger conocimiento, opinión, sentimientos e intenciones que sobre el testamento vital tiene una población perteneciente al ámbito de la enfermedad de Alzheimer.
José Carlos Bermejo Higuera, Rosa Carabias Maza, Marta Villacieros Durbán, Rosa María Belda Moreno   +3 more
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Advance directives in France: do junior general practitioners want to improve their implementation and usage? A nationwide survey

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Background The doctor-patient relationship has evolved to respect “the autonomy and patients’ rights”. One of the cornerstones in such autonomy is the opportunity for patients to draw living wills, also known as advance directives (AD).
Sidonie Hubert, Sarah Wainschtein, Albane Hugues, Caroline Schimpf, Thècle Degroote, Kelly Tiercelet, Marc Tran, Cédric Bruel, Francois Philippart, for the REQUIEM group (REQUIEM: Research/Reflexion on End of life support QUality In Everyday Medical practice)   +9 more
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Social and Community Informatics and Social Theories of Networks

, 2009
There are Non Government Organisations (NGOs), technical and academic interest in the community driven Athlone Living Lab and its social innovations. With actors across many disciplines, it is necessary that the successful solutions can be utilised by ...
Wills, Julia, Wills, Gary, Parker, Marlon   +2 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Medical-legal translation and living wills, two largely unexplored topics

Miscelánea Comillas, 2017
The aim of this paper is to deepen our knowledge about medical-legal translation, starting from the case of living wills or advance directives, a medical-legal genre which still remains widely unknown to most people.
Isabel Valiente Izquierdo
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Living wills and their knowledge in patients with rheumatic diseases

Bioethics Update
Background: Patients’ living wills (LWs) support that clinicians’ decisions are aligned with patients’ wishes. Objective: To investigate an association between perceived unfavorable outcomes (PO) and LW-related knowledge (LWK).
Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Guillermo A. Guaracha-Basáñez, América Sánchez- Hernández, Sara E. Villanueva-Saenz, Virginia Pascual-Ramos   +4 more
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Interpreting the theology of Barth in light of Nietzsche’s dictum “God is dead”

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2007
Karl Barth responded with his theology to Nietzsche’s dictum “God is dead” by stating that God is the living God. God does not need the human race to exist. God reveals God self to humankind whenever God wills. Barth agreed with Nietzsche that the god of
André J. Groenewald
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source