In:
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 8, No. 2 ( 1999-04), p. 200-210
Abstract:
The Institute of Medicine's report, “Approaching
Death: Improving Care at the End of Life,” the American Medical Association's “Education
for Physicians on End-of-Life Care” project, the Open Society Institute's “Project on Death in
America,” and the “Last Acts” initiative sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have focused
attention on improving the care of dying patients. These efforts include advance care planning and the use of written
advance directives (ADs). Although previous studies have provided quantitative descriptions of patient preferences
for life-sustaining treatment, including those documented in written ADs, to our knowledge open-ended written
preferences have not been studied. Studies of these open-ended preferences could highlight issues with respect
to quality end-of-life care. The purpose of this study was to explore the open-ended proxy, health, and personal
care preferences of people with HIV as expressed in a written AD form.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0963-1801
,
1469-2147
DOI:
10.1017/S0963180199802096
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1999
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1499985-7
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0
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5,1
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