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Dementia and personhood: implications for advance directives

01 June 2003

Nursing Older People

General

Advance directives, also known as living wills, allow competent individuals to make their wishes known with regard to the provision of medical treatment should they...

Mental health nurses’ perspectives on psychiatric advance directives

09 April 2015

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Background Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are written statements that allow people with mental illness to state their treatment preferences and exercise...

Health literacy: a study of internet-based information on advance directives

28 November 2017

Nursing Management

Evidence & practice

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality and value of web-based information on advance directives. Internet-based information on advance directives was...

Overcoming the barriers to optimal end of life care in the emergency department

05 September 2023

Emergency Nurse

end of life care

The focus of care in the emergency department (ED) is on saving or sustaining life, but some patients admitted to the ED die in the ED. Nurses whose focus is on...

Barriers to effective end of life care in the acute sector: a literature review

25 October 2024

Cancer Nursing Practice

evidence and practice

The acute hospital is the place of care and death for many people at the end of life, but not all hospital inpatients who are approaching death receive appropriate...

Implementing palliative and end of life care for people with dementia

06 November 2024

Nursing Older People

evidence and practice

Dementia is characterised by memory loss, behavioural changes and decline of cognitive, social and physical functions and is a life-limiting condition. At the point...

Advance care planning in progressive neurological conditions

21 January 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

Advance care planning in progressive neurological conditions is an essential part of care, allowing individuals to make decisions and record their wishes regarding...

30 September 2024 / Vol 36 issue 5

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