Advance directives in the USA
Authors:
J. Heřmanová 1; J. Šimek 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Univerzita Karlova Praha, 3. lékařská fakulta
Ústav ošetřovatelství
Přednostka: Mgr. Hana Svobodová
1; Jihočeská univerzita České Budějovice, Zdravotně sociální fakulta
Katedra filozofie a etiky v pomáhajících profesích
Vedoucí: doc. MUDr. Jiří Šimek, CSc.
2
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2009; 89(10): 552-555
Category:
Reviews
Overview
Advance directives solve the problem of decision making about the future of an unconscious or otherwise incompetent patient at the end of their life. This article reviews the history of advance directives and summarizes the experience with their use in USA over the past 20 years. The documents, which have undoubtedly contributed to the more effective implementation of a patient’s right to self-determination, have sparked debate in society as well as in the healthcare community, and influenced the development of advance directives movement in other countries.
Key words:
advance directives, right to self-determination.
Sources
1. Aging with dignity. Five wishes [on-line]. Dostupný na http://www.agingwithdignity.org/five-wishes.php.
2. Furton, E.J. A critique of the five wishes: comments in the light of a papal statement. Ethics Medics, 2005, 30(3), p. 3-4.
3. Kastenbaum, R.J. Death, Society and Human Experience. 8th Edition. Boston: Pearson Education Inc., 2004, 535 p. ISBN 0-205-38193-6.
4. Wernow, J,R. History of the Advanced Directive. The Northwest Center for Bioethics. 2003. Dostupné na
http://www.ncbioethics.org/publications/AdvanceDirInfo/History.htm#
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