Making and Taking Health Care Decisions: Discussion Paper

Making health care decisions for others.

If it is impossible in the circumstances to follow the wish, or the SDM does not know of a wish applicable to the situation, the SDM must make the decision according to the person’s best interests. 2. Best Interests of the Person 1. The values and beliefs of the person 2. Any current wishes the incapable person may have 3. Whether the treatment is likely to: i. Improve the condition or well-bei...

Limping is no sin: reflections on Making Health Care Decisions.

HEALTH AND AGEING: A DISCUSSION PAPER Health and Ageing A Discussion Paper World Health Organization Department of Health Promotion, Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Surveillance

This paper is intended to contribute to an informed debate on healthy and active ageing during the preparations for the Second UN World Assembly on Ageing 2002. The first version of the paper is being released as a document for discussion. For comments or additional copies please contact the following The final version of the paper and a complementary monograph entitled Active Ageing: From Evid...

Integrated care: meaning, logic, applications, and implications – a discussion paper

Integrated care is a burgeoning field. As is often the case in new areas of inquiry and action, conceptual clarification is demanded. Without such attention, it would be difficult to advance theory and practice in this increasingly important professional arena. In the following discussion paper, the authors explore the intellectual territory of integrated care, and underscore the need for a pat...

Discussion Paper

This paper discusses recent developments in the market for agricultural land in Slovakia related to the new law on land acquisition. The stated objective of this law is to protect agricultural land from non-agricultural use. We analyze landrelated data as reported by sellers in the newly established Registry of offers of agricultural land administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De...