Assessment of competence to complete advance directives: validation of a patient centred approach.

Competence to complete psychiatric advance directives: effects of facilitated decision making.

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) statutes presume competence to complete these documents, but the range and dimensions of decisional competence among people who actually complete PADs is unknown. This study examines clinical and neuropsychological correlates of performance on a measure to assess competence to complete PADs and investigates the effects of a facilitated PAD intervention on d...

Chapter 49. Advance Planning For End-of-Life Care

Physicians and other health care workers have long struggled with decisions regarding care for patients at the end of life. An important component of this care involves assessing and understanding patient preferences for care through ongoing discussions with competent adult patients and/or their family members or surrogates. Advance care planning protects patient autonomy and helps to assure th...

The limits of advance directives: a history and assessment of the Patient Self-Determination Act.

Language Learning Strategies: A Strategy-Based Approach to L2 Learning.Strategic Competence, and Test Validation

Adherence to advance directives in critical care decision making: vignette study.

OBJECTIVE To explore health professionals' decision making in a critical care scenario when there is an advance directive. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING Scotland. PARTICIPANTS Interviewees (n = 12) comprising general practitioners, hospital specialists, and nurses, and six focus groups (n = 34 participants) comprising general practitioners, geriatricians (consultants and specialist re...