R D Fleischner
R D Fleischner
State statutes enabling individuals to draft written durable advance directives for health care have approached future decisions about mental health care and treatment in several quite different ways. While some states incorporate mental he...
Advance directives for psychiatric care: a theoretical and practical overview for legal professionals [0.03%]
精神保健护理《预立遗嘱》的概述(理论与实践)——面向法律工作者
E M Gallagher
E M Gallagher
An advance directive for psychiatric care is a legally enforceable document that specifies the manner in which psychiatric treatment decisions are to be made in the event that a person later becomes incompetent to make informed health care ...
R D Miller
R D Miller
Medical advance directives for end-of-life decisions at times that patients cannot express their preferences have become a major trend in recent state and federal legislation. The author argues that an extension of directives to cover futur...
End-of-life algorithms [0.03%]
生命周期终止算法
K W Goodman
K W Goodman
Tools and strategies for eliciting patient preferences for end-of-life care are often absent, of poor quality, or ignored. The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has proposed new guidelines for the "optim...
Completing advance directives for health care decisions: getting to yes [0.03%]
有关健康照顾意愿提前指示的对话:“是”呢?
T R Shewchuk
T R Shewchuk
The concept of advance directives for health care decision making has been judicially condoned, legislatively promoted, and systematically implemented by health care institutions, yet the execution rate of advance directives remains low. Ph...
K L Cerminara
K L Cerminara
The American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs recommends that physicians discuss advance directives with their patients and the patients' proxies. The council could have gone further by recognizing the difficultie...
Advance directives [0.03%]
预立遗嘱
C M Culver
C M Culver
There is significant confusion about the topic of advance directives (ADs), stimulated by the increasing realization that the current AD instruments probably have little salutary clinical effect. The instruments themselves are almost certai...
Optimal use of orders not to intervene and advance directives [0.03%]
optimal use of orders not to intervene and advance directives
American Medical Association. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
American Medical Association. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
More rigorous efforts in advance care planning are required in order to tailor end-of-life care to the preferences of patients so that they can experience a satisfactory last chapter of their lives. There is need for better availability and...
Durable powers of attorney as a substitute for conservatorship: lessons for advance directives [0.03%]
持久授权书作为监护的替代方案:预立医疗指示的启示
G J Alexander
G J Alexander
The author traces the evolution of the use of durable powers of attorney and reviews problems of guardianship, the guardianship reform movement, and the advent of durable powers of attorney as a response.
N L Cantor
N L Cantor
Advance directives have been criticized as impractical and/or ineffective, but very little of the criticism differentiates among diverse types of advance directives. The thesis of this article is that carefully drawn documents can be effect...