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Implementation of Advance Directive and Informed Consent in Long-Term Care: Surveyor Learning Module
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/1998
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4043
Abstract
In today's long-term care (LTC) environment, elderly residents are frequently being asked to make end-of-life healthcare decisions, through the use of advance directives. Despite legal supports and general supports (e.g., pamphlets and staff to explain resident rights) for an individual's right to self-determination, implementation of these directives are often complex and confusing. This article addresses the use of advance directives in LTC and provide information concerning: the evolution of an individual's right to consent to or decline medical treatment; problems associated witll the implementation of the various types of advance directives for healthcare; and methods that can be used to avoid these problems.
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- Title
- Implementation of Advance Directive and Informed Consent in Long-Term Care: Surveyor Learning Module
- Creators
- Karen Wenkheimer
- Contributors
- Zana Higgs (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590531201842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis