Planning ahead with dementia: what role can advance care planning play? A review of opportunities and challenges

Advance directives emerged in the 1960s with the goal of empowering people to exert control over their future medical decisions. However, it has become apparent, over recent years, that advance directives do not sufficiently capture the temporal and relational aspects of planning treatment and car...

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Main Authors: Francesca Bosisio, Ralf J Jox, Laura Jones, Eve Rubli Truchard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2018-12-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
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Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2559