A taboo in healthcare; life support decisions at the terminal stage
Public who are the target audience of health care system need to be actively involved in the system for more effective health care provision. Advance directives which are the important examples of participation in treatment decisions are written documents that, in the situation of a serious illness,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SERNEV
2018-04-01
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Series: | Family Practice and Palliative Care |
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Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/fppc/issue/36461/337752 |
Summary: | Public who are the target audience of health care
system need to be actively involved in the system for more effective health
care provision. Advance directives which are the important examples of
participation in treatment decisions are written documents that, in the
situation of a serious illness, either clarify an individual's wishes for
health care or determine a person to make health care decisions for that
individual who becomes unable to do so. Living wills, health care power of
attorney, directive of do-not-resuscitate, withholding of life support and
withdrawing of life support are included in advance directives. Advance
directives are being implemented in the United States of America (USA) and some
European countries. The legal status of advance directives vary by country.
There is no data on the use and writing of advanced directives in our country.
It is necessary to start discussing about people's decisions on terminal care
and implementations by analyzing the material and moral broughts of patient
care at the end of life in both individual and social terms. |
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ISSN: | 2458-8865 2459-1505 |