A large majority of patients and close family members are interested in discussing end-of-life
issues with their physician. Most expect their physician to initiate such dialogue. End-of-life …

Background: As evidence exist that severe neurological damage or prolonged death after
inappropriate CPR could occur, restraints and indications for CPR were perceived as …

Background The results of in-hospital resuscitations may depend on a variety of factors
related to the patient, the environment, and the extent of resuscitation efforts. We studied …

Survey of Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude, and Experience provider does, are in
the best position to educate competent patients about advance directives and facilitate the …

" The updated Third Edition of Geriatrics and the Law by the leading scholar in law and old
age belongs on the desk of every hospital and long-term care administrator, Director of …

Purpose/Objectives: To determine oncology nurses' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and
experiences with advance directives (ADs). Design: Descriptive, correlation survey. Sample …

Hintergrund: Patientenverfügungen gelten als verbindlicher Ausdruck des Patientenwillens,
und sie werden insbesondere bei zunehmendem Alter und Multimorbidität empfohlen. Über …

BACKGROUND The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)(part of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990) requires that all healthcare institutions receiving Medicare and …

Family surrogate decision makers are pivotal in end-of-life decision-making processes. The
author investigated decision-making experiences of 20 surrogates who assisted terminally ill …

Background The German Advance Directives Act of 2009 confirms that advance directives
(ADs) are binding. Little is known, however, about their prevalence in nursing homes, their …