Advance Care Planning
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Monday, November 23, 2009

End-of-life communication: ethnic differences between Korean American and non-Hispanic White older adults.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examined ethnic differences in end-of-life communication between Korean American and non-Hispanic White older adults using the Health Belief Model as a conceptual framework. METHOD: A cross-sectional design was employed to ... Read more...

Stopping eating and drinking.

30 Aug 2009 Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking, in which death occurs within one to three weeks of beginning the fast, is increasingly explored in the literature and mainstream media as an option to be discussed with "decisionally capable," suffering ... Read more...

Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life: nationwide retrospective study in Belgium.

28 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: To explore the relation between the care provided in the final three months of life and the prevalence and types of end of life decisions in Belgium. Design Two year nationwide retrospective study, 2005-6 (SENTI-MELC study). SETTING: Data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Advance Care Planning'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Your genetic makeup is an Alzheimer's risk predictor. If you know you carry a gene that boosts your risk of AD, you may make better decisions about your future. 29 Sep 2009
• End-of-life communication: ethnic differences between Korean American and non-Hispanic White older adults. 29 Sep 2009
• Stopping eating and drinking. 30 Aug 2009
• Refusal of treatment--the need for better communication. 30 Jul 2009
• End of life decisions and quality of care before death. 28 Jul 2009
• Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life: nationwide retrospective study in Belgium. 28 Jul 2009
• Seriously questioning a long established principle of resuscitation. 29 Jun 2009
• Involvement of adult siblings of persons with developmental disabilities in future planning. 30 May 2009
• End-of-life issues: difficult decisions and dealing with grief. 30 May 2009
• Randomized controlled trial of SPIRIT: an effective approach to preparing African-American dialysis patients and families for end of life. 30 May 2009
• Video decision support tool for advance care planning in dementia: randomised controlled trial. 26 May 2009
• Reconceptualizing the experience of surrogate decision making: reports vs genuine decisions. 29 Apr 2009
• Providing culturally sensitive palliative care. 29 Apr 2009
• EfCCNa survey: European intensive care nurses' attitudes and beliefs towards end-of-life care. 29 Apr 2009
• Advance care planning: Beyond the living will. 29 Apr 2009
• Advance care planning is an art, not an algorithm. 29 Apr 2009
• Supporting parents' decision making surrounding the anticipated birth of an extremely premature infant. 30 Mar 2009
• Development, feasibility, and acceptability of the Family/Adolescent-Centered (FACE) Advance Care Planning intervention for adolescents with HIV. 30 Mar 2009
• Affective forecasting and advance care planning: anticipating quality of life in future health statuses. 30 Mar 2009
• Advance care planning in nursing homes and assisted living communities. 26 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Advance Care Planning'

Definition: Discussions with patients and/or their representatives about the goals and desired direction of the patient's care, particularly end-of-life care, in the event that the patient is or becomes incompetent to make decisions.

Descriptor UI: D032722

Alternative terms: Advance Care Planning; Advance Health Care Planning; Advance Medical Planning; Medical Planning, Advance; Planning, Advance Medical;

Related Mesh Headings: Terminal Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.624.124;

History Note: 2003; use ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 1999-2002