Background: In the variegated legislative framework on advance directives, the first specific
regulation in Italy on this issue came into force only in 2018. Research objective: This …

Advance healthcare directives are legal documents, in which the patient, foreseeing a
potential loss of capacity and autonomy, makes in advance decisions regarding future care …

Background: In Hospital Emergency Department and Emergency Medical Services
professionals experience situations in which they face difficulties or barriers to know …

Advance directives are a controversial subject in Portugal at present, particularly among
health professionals. Although some health professionals consider them to be important …

In Western societies advance directives are widely recognised as important means to extend
patient self-determination under circumstances of incapacity. Following other countries …

Advance directives have been intensely debated since the 1980s. Over the past few years, a
growing number of articles have focused not only on general ethical questions but also on …

Background This paper joins the debate over changes in the role of health professionals
when applying advance directives to manage the decision-making process at the end of life …

Advance Directives are under-utilized, both from the fact that few Americans have them and
that health professionals don't always rely on Advance Directives provided by patients. Many …

Les angoisses de nos concitoyens concernant les conditions de leur fin de vie sont de plus
en plus grandes et notre médecine très performante et technique est parfois vécue comme …

Context Advance directives are legal documents which individuals draw up to declare their
treatment preferences and to appoint well-informed proxies to safeguard patient autonomy …