The Alabama Supreme Court handed down an unprecedented decision in February 2024, holding that stored frozen embryos created for in vitro fertilization, known as IVF, were "minor children" under a state wrongful death law.
Apr 8, 2024
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While advance directives are quite common for patients with physical impairments, advance directives for people with mental impairments are controversial. In many countries, including Germany, there are as yet no legal provisions ...
Sep 13, 2023
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The newly revised ruling on advance medical directives and withholding/withdrawing medical support for the dying in India will inevitably force some terminally ill patients to "live a life of machine-related suffering" and ...
Jun 22, 2023
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New research in the April 2023 issue of the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that specially trained oncology infusion room nurses can improve advance care planning (ACP) for patients with advanced ...
Apr 4, 2023
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How can Canada optimize the impact of human genomic sequencing to increase our understanding of disease? New guidance in Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) lays out the key elements for obtaining patient consent ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Peer worker-facilitated psychiatric advance directives (PW-PAD) are effective for decreasing compulsory hospital admissions among people with mental disorders, according to a study recently published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Aug 22, 2022
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As the toll of COVID-19 continues to climb, newly released poll data suggest an opportunity to use the pandemic as a prompt for discussing and documenting older adults' wishes for their care, if they get seriously ill or ...
Apr 6, 2021
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No one likes to think about their own mortality. But COVID-19 has shoved life's dark questions to the forefront: "What if I'm hooked to a ventilator and can't speak?" "If my heart stops beating, do I want to be resuscitated?" ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Much of the global conversation around the COVID-19 pandemic has revolved around how to prevent the spread of the virus. But along with staying home, maintaining social distance and washing hands, it's important to also be ...
Apr 8, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Just over three-quarters of U.S. adult day services centers (ADSCs) maintain documentation of participants' advance directives, according to a report published Sept. 12 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Oct 4, 2018
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