Dementia and advance-care planning: Perspectives from three countries on ethics and epidemiology

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-285

  Lynn, Joanne ^a   Teno, Joan ^b   Dresser, Rebecca ^c   Brock, Dan ^b   Nelson, Hilde Lindemann ^d   Nelson, James Lindemann ^d   Kielstein, Rita ^e   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^f   Lu, Dan ^g   Itakura, Haruka ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; GERMANY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MORALITY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PERSONHOOD; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GERMANY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; PERSONHOOD; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0033289102     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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