Advance directives are instruments that aim to ensure the fulfillment of patients' will in circumstances where they are unable to express themselves freely. This study investigated how health professionals perceive the use of this tool in palliative care, as well as the main ...
L Rosenwax,B Mcnamara,R Zilkens - 《Health & Social Care in the Community》 被引量: 29发表: 2008年 The responses of language disordered children to indirect directives in varying contexts Language disordered children's responses to sentences that can carry directive import were examined under var...
2.1 Introduction to the history of doctor-patient relationship and three models 2.2 Patients have rights, with focus on two healthcare advance directives: living will and durable p 2.3 Doctors have rights, too. Then it deals with the global analysis of the text, detailed study of 3 Unit 3...
The California Health Care Decisions Law, effective July 1, 2000, consolidated previous advance directives into the new Health Care Directive (AHCD). Advance health care directives allow you to have legal control over your health care treatment in the event that you are unable to speak for yours...
healthcare decisions for themselves, their family members such as spouses, children, and parents would automatically have the right to make decision for themselves. Unfortunately, this is not the case most of the time. Furthermore, the lack of an advanced healthcare directives can lead to family...
AdvanceDirectives:BarrierstoOutpatientCompletionDanielB.Meetze,MDSeptember7,1999I.IntroductionAdvanceDirectives(AD)areusuallythoughtofasaformfilledoutinthehospitalbyaphysicianregardingwhetherornotapatientwantsACLSprotocolperformedontheirperson.However,ADsare,informalterminology,ameansofcommunicatingtohealthcareproviderswhat...
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Advance directives (ADs) are pivotal in healthcare planning, indicating preferences for medical treatment in critical conditions. This study examines ADs attitudes and experiences between Taiwan and Thailand, highlighting cultural influences on end-of-life care. METHOD. Employing pairing matching, the ...
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Some of them would be willing to make a proxy decision to stop feeding in theabsence of advance directives.Keywordsdehydration, fear of dementia, suicide, religion, proxyIncreased prevalence of Alzheimer disease and other progres-sive dementias is becoming a modern epidemic that affects thelivesof...