The field of psychiatry has an opportunity to construct a more refined, perhaps more
enduring understanding of the ethical basis of mental illness research. The aim of this paper …

ContextAlzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by pathological results at autopsy of
amyloid plaques and tau-associated neurofibrillary tangles, but the clinical diagnosis of AD …

OBJECTIVE: The ethics of involving decisionally incapable adults in research will continue
to grow in importance as more research is conducted to address the problems of …

Sugarman et al discuss their retrieval of published empirical research on informed consent
as part of an effort to ensure that patients and research subjects within the Veterans Affairs …

" 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 …

Context Research involving persons with impaired decision-making capacity (such as
persons with Alzheimer disease [AD]) remains ethically challenging, especially when the …

Little is known of the palliative care needs and experiences of older adults. This study
explored whether these needs differed from those of younger patients. We performed a …

We examined the proxy decision‐making and informed consent processes for clinical
research involving 49 patient‐subjects with dementia in an outpatient setting by performing …

Abstract Background and Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) involves reflection on
health care preferences and communication of the person's wishes in case of future …

Objectives: This study investigated the estate planning and advance care planning (ACP) of
older adults diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) for the presence of (1) a valid will,(2) a …