Portuguese Advance Directives-a twist against futility? A cross sectional study
Catarina Sampaio Martins,
Rui Nunes
Abstract:BACKGROUND:
Advance Directive documents allow citizens to choose the treatments they want for end-of-life care without considering therapeutic futility.
OBJECTIVES:
To analyze patients’ and caregivers’ answers to Advance Directives and understand their expectations regarding their decisions.
DESIGN AND SETTING:
This study analyzed participants’ answers to a previously published trial, conceived to test the document’s efficacy as a communicati… Show more
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