Introduction: Congruence, understood as the agreement between the patient's preferred
place of death and their actual place of death, is emerging as one of the main variables …

Abstract Background In Spain, there has been great effort by lawmakers to put Advance
Directives (ADs) into practice since 2002. At the same time, the field of bioethics has been …

(1) Background: Evidence shows that facilitated advance decisions can increase the number
of meaningful and valid Advance Care Directives (ACDs) and improve the quality of care …

Las voluntades anticipadas en salud tienen como finalidad que la persona manifieste de
manera anticipada su voluntad sobre los cuidados y el tratamiento de su salud, lo cual le …

Objetivo: Disenar y validar un cuestionario dirigido a profesionales para la medición de la
calidad del proceso de planificación anticipada de decisiones y determinar sus propiedades …

Background Health professionals have limited knowledge of advanced directives or living
wills, which may hamper understandings among the general population. This could impact …

En España, como en muchos países del mundo, los cuidados que se reciben al final de la
vida suelen depender de las actitudes del médico o del equipo tratante, de las actitudes y …

Background To date, no instrument in Portugal has evaluated the attitudes of the population
about advance care directives. This paper describes the development and testing of the …

Abstract Introduction: The Advanced Directives Document (ADD) is a bioethical quality
benchmark for healthcare and assurance of compliance with the rights of autonomy, self …

Abstract Introduction: The Advanced Directives Document (ADD) is an efficient tool to plan
for future medical care in case of a potential loss of autonomy. Ethical dilemmas arise in end …