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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"patient autonomy"”.
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Critical care nurses' attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates
… between critical care nurses attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates. The researcher developed a questionnaire for data collection. The convenience sample was comprised of 39 critical care nurses who were members of a local chapter of the American …
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The Influence of Hospital Policies and Culture on Do-Not-Resuscitate Decision-Making at the End of Life: A Sociological and Ethical Analysis
… institutional cultures and policies relating to patient autonomy influence physicians’ clinical and ethical approaches to do-notresuscitate (DNR) decision-making at the end of life. I explore this in the context of the evolution of the American medical profession that shifted medical …
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Family caregiving, home medical devices, and the sociotechnical system: Bringing the biomedical sciences into the bioethics discourse
… complex devices have made it possible to sustain patient's lives at home in more acute situations for longer periods of time. The arguments supporting the use of home care devices have been predicated on improving patients' quality of life since patients want to live out their life in their home. …
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Ethical Considerations in Goals of Care for Patients with Polysubstance Use and Medical Complications in the Era of Xylazine
… substance use disorder necessitates prioritizing patient autonomy in healthcare decision-making. Critical discussions on care goals with hospitalized drug users are imperative, encompassing pain management, withdrawal mitigation, and medication for opioid use disorder, aligning with patient …
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Benefits and challenges of implementing a trauma-informed approach within pediatric music therapy: An interpretive phenomenological study
… a trauma-informed approach within pediatric inpatient hospitals. Four music therapists participated in this study through semi-structured interviews. Utilizing an adaptation of Smith et al.’s (2022) protocol for interpretive phenomenological analysis, several themes emerged: defining elements …
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The Future of Medical Futility in Ontario
… treatment. In Ontario, the present dominance of patient autonomy in healthcare ethics suggests medical futility has no place in treatment decision-making. In Cuthbertson v Rasouli, the Supreme Court was tasked with deciding whether physicians have unilateral authority to withhold or withdraw …
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Cesarean delivery on maternal request /
… level of religiosity, the increasing presence of patient autonomy in the medical field, financial reimbursement, and legal actions against physicians.
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South Dakota Nurses' Perceptions of Active and Passive Euthanasia
… practice, primary area of practice, knowledge of patient autonomy, and knowledge of active and passive euthanasia were analyzed.<br> The South Dakota Terminal Patient Study was used to collect data. The survey instrument was published in the June, 1997 South Dakota Nurse. Licensed practical nurses …
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Gesture Based Home Automation for the Physically Disabled
… and motor-impairments can greatly reduce the autonomy and quality of life of a patient while presenting a major recurring cost in home-healthcare. Augmented with a non-invasive wearable sensor system and home-automation equipment, the patient can regain a level of autonomy at a fraction of the …
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Depression, Volition, and Death: The Effect of Depressive Disorders on the Autonomous Choice to Forgo Medical Treatment
… contemporary models of medical ethics champion patient autonomy to counterbalance historically paternalistic decision-making processes. These models tend to suggest an autonomous agent free from cognitive bias and systematic distortion (e.g., Kantian or Cartesian rational agents). Evidence is …
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When They Have Opened a Gap
… is in part a violation of professional ethics, patient autonomy and informed consent. In this thesis I examine arguments on both sides of the issue and provide a legal and legislative backdrop for these arguments. I offer examples of specific cases where aclaim of conscience has been made and …
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Improving Patient Medication Reconciliation Participation and Compliance Through Education
… is complex. At the center of this world are patients and their safety. Medication knowledge and medication reconciliation compliance are factors that influence patient’s safety and their overall health outcomes. This project explores the theme of patient safety by examining the relationship …
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Cultural Aspects of End of Life Advance Care Planning for African Americans: An Ethnonursing Study
… variables, cultural distinctives related to patient autonomy, mistrust of the healthcare system, low health literacy, strong spiritual beliefs, desire for aggressive interventions, importance of family-communal decision making, and presence of comorbidities. End of Life (EOL) advance care …
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Autonomy, Paternalism, and the Moral Foundations of the Fiduciary Relationship
… model for the healthcare professional-patient relationship, with its ethos of promoting patient autonomy. Chapter 1 addresses the problem of equivocation by arguing that the fiduciary relationship is a moral relationship, fostering social harmony by enabling individuals to trust or …
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The ‘therapeutic privilege exception’. Residual paternalism in an age of informed consent post Montgomery or a valuable tool for healthcare professionals?
… defence of withholding information from a patient where it is believed that disclosure could result in serious physical or psychological harm. Whilst the exception is rarely referred to, it is even rarer for a defence to be successful and yet the exception survives. In 2015, the Supreme …
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Ethical Problems Encountered by Nurse Practitioners in the Primary Care Setting
… ethical problems were: 1) complying with the patients' wishes, 2) respect for patient autonomy, informed consent. competence, and disclosure of information, 3) requests from workplace that are felt to be unethical, 4) lack of confidentiality, and 5) refusal to treat because of lack of …
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End-of-life Care Practices in Two Cultures: A Comparative Ethical Analysis and Recommendations
… futility of treatment, informed consent, patient and family education, decision-making, withdrawal and withholding of care, and Do Not Resuscitate/Advanced Directives/ Living Wills are explored.</p> <p>The study demonstrates that whereas end-of-life care practices in the United States are …
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Advance Care Planning in Advanced Heart Failure: A Relational Exploration of Autonomy
… number of treatment options available to patients living with advanced heart failure (HF), ACP is regarded as a means of preserving individual autonomy throughout the illness trajectory. Despite significant public awareness campaigns, research and interventions developed to increase …
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Disability Awareness Education and Implications For Genetic Counselor Training
… criticism concerning the duality of promoting patient autonomy while advocating for individuals with disabilities. Research suggests that focusing on the education of GC students could ensure GCs feel prepared to have conversations about disability, as well as strengthen the relationship with …
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