Frequency and Determinants of Advance Directives Concerning  

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Rurup, Mette L. ; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D. ; Heide, Agnes van der

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 6 (Mar. 2006), page 1552-1563.
Topik: NETHERLANDS; advance directives; decision making; living will; euthanasia; multivariate analysis; the netherlands

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In the USA, the use of advance directives (ADs) has been studied extensively in order to identify opportunities to increase their use. We investigated the prevalence of ADs and the factors associated with formulation of an AD in the netherlands, using samples of three groups, the general population up to 60 years of age, the general population over 60 years of age and the relatives of patients who died after euthanasia or assisted suicide. The associated factors were frouped into three components, predisposing factors (e.g. age, gender), enabling factors (e.g. education) and need factors (e.g. health related factors). We found that living wills had been formulated by 3% of younger people, 10% of older people and 23% of the relatives of a perso who died after euthanasia or assisted suicide. Most living wills concerned a request for euthanasia. In all groups, 26 - 29% had authorized someone to make decisions if they were no longer able to do so themselves. Talking to a physician about medical end of life treatment occurred less frequently, only 2% of the younger people and 7% of the older people had done so....

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