Timely dying in dementia: Use patients' judgments and broaden the concept of suffering

Timely dying in dementia: Use patients' judgments and broaden the concept of suffering

Abstract Patients living with advanced dementia (PLADs) face several challenges to attain the goal of avoiding prolonged dying with severe suffering. One is how to determine when PLADs’ current suffering becomes severe enough to cease all life‐sustaining treatments, including withdrawing assistance...

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Main Authors: Stanley A. Terman, Karl E. Steinberg, Nathaniel Hinerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
Subjects:
advanced dementia
advanced instructional health care directives
ceasing oral nutrition and hydration
end‐of‐life suffering
timing of allowing patients to die
withdrawing life‐sustaining interventions
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12527

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https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12527

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