Dotinga, Randy
Today, most states do not honor the wills of their terminally ill citizens wishing to end their suffering with dignity and compassion. Even with accurate identification of terminal illness prompting legality of some end-of-life directives, most terminal patients must adhere to conventional symptomatic...
Should Emergency Department Patients with End-of-Life Directives be Admitted to the ICU? 2018, Journal of Emergency Medicine Citation Excerpt : Finally, in establishing actual goals of care, it is key to frame the discussion in terms of the patient's preferences (e.g., “what would your hus...
Presents a study to determine patients' awareness of their legal rights concerning advance end-of-life directives and physician-assisted suicide in the United States. Design; Setting; Participants; Main outcome measures; Results; Conclusion that many do not understand end-of-life care options and th...
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Having been asked about advance directives by medical staff, legal staff, or family and friends increases the likelihood that patients will possess an advance directive. Those with prior experience with end-of-life decision-making are more likely to possess an advance directive. Family structure and...
Default Options In Advance Directives Influence How Patients Set Goals For End-Of-Life Care Although decisions regarding end-of-life care are personal and important, they may be influenced by the ways in which options are presented. To test this h... SD Halpern,G Loewenstein,KG Volpp,... ...
Healthcare advance directives and durable power of attorney for healthcare held the promise of controlling medical care at the end of life. This promise has not been realized. All clinicians providing care to patients with heart failure or other life-limiting illnesses should develop a set of ...
Quality of life, therefore, represe... ST Tang,R Mccorkle - 《Cancer Investigation》 被引量: 125发表: 2002年 Patients' knowledge of options at the end of life - Ignorance in the face of death Context Effectiveness of legislation promoting advance directives and legalizing physician-assisted ...
The treatment of advanced cancer often involves potentially life-shortening end-of-life decisions (ELDs). This study aimed to examine the prevalence and characteristics of ELDs in different cancer types. A nationwide death certificate study was conducted