Advance care planning (ACP) is a process that guarantees the respect of the patient's
values and priorities about his/her future care at the end of life. It consists of multiple …

Objective To examine the views and experiences of patients and their health care providers
on developing advance care planning (ACP) and advance care directives (ACD); and …

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 …

The number of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is growing, with the greatest
increase over the last decade among those who are elderly, dependent and with multiple …

Background Despite the perceived ethical, personal and health service benefits of advance
care planning (ACP), the extent to which older and seriously ill Australian inpatients have …

This article describes the Swiss law on advance directives that was passed at the beginning
of 2013 and led to more certainty about the legally binding character of such directives …

Straipsnyje pristatomu tyrimu buvo siekiama nustatyti gydytojų odontologų padėjėjų
pasitenkinimą darbu ir jį lemiančius veiksnius. Tyrime dalyvavo 73 gydytojų odontologų …

Advance directives are one aspect of advance care planning designed to improve end of life
care. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation released their first mission statement in 2010 …

Objective As a follow‐up to the first national survey of advance care planning uptake in New
Zealand, which demonstrated a low level of plan completion, this study seeks to better …

Background. In western countries like the United States of America, living will is seen as a
vehicle for achieving greater wisdom and skill in a fundamental aspect of health care and a …