Artificial nutrition, advance directives and end of life in nursing homes
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Advance directives at end-of-life: nursing home resident preferences for artificial nutrition.
OBJECTIVE Nursing homes are increasingly the place where many Americans die. Thus, advance directives are critical to the preservation of the autonomous wishes at end-of-life. The purpose of this paper is to determine if preferences for artificial nutrition, as stated in the advance directives of nursing home residents, are honored in the last 2 months of life. DESIGN Secondary analysis. SE...
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and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Abstract Objectives: The objectives of the present study were to describe the knowledge and preferences of Hong Kong Chinese older adults regarding advance directives and end-of-life care decisions, and to investigate the predictors of prefe...
متن کاملAdvance directive and end-of-life care preferences among Chinese nursing home residents in Hong Kong.
OBJECTIVES The objectives of the present study were to describe the knowledge and preferences of Hong Kong Chinese older adults regarding advance directives and end-of-life care decisions, and to investigate the predictors of preferences for advance directive and community end-of-life care in nursing homes. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey conducted in 140 nursing homes in Hong Kong....
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PURPOSE The identification of nursing home residents who can continue to participate in advance care planning about end-of-life care is a critical clinical and bioethical issue. This study uses high quality observational research to identify correlates of advance care planning in nursing homes, including objective measurement of capacity. DESIGN AND METHODS The authors used cross-sectional, c...
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تاریخ انتشار 2015