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Attitudes Toward Withholding Antibiotics From People With Dementia Lacking Decisional Capacity: Findings From A Survey Of Canadian Stakeholders, Gina Bravo, Lieve Van Den Block, Jocelyn Downie, Marcel Arcand, Lise Trottier
Attitudes Toward Withholding Antibiotics From People With Dementia Lacking Decisional Capacity: Findings From A Survey Of Canadian Stakeholders, Gina Bravo, Lieve Van Den Block, Jocelyn Downie, Marcel Arcand, Lise Trottier
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Background
Healthcare professionals and surrogate decision-makers often face the difficult decision of whether to initiate or withhold antibiotics from people with dementia who have developed a life-threatening infection after losing decisional capacity.
Methods
We conducted a vignette-based survey among 1050 Quebec stakeholders (senior citizens, family caregivers, nurses and physicians; response rate 49.4%) to (1) assess their attitudes toward withholding antibiotics from people with dementia lacking decisional capacity; (2) compare attitudes between dementia stages and stakeholder groups; and (3) investigate other correlates of attitudes, including support for continuous deep sedation (CDS) and medical assistance in dying (MAID). The vignettes feature a …
Social Determinants Of Health And Slippery Slopes In Assisted Dying Debates: Lessons From Canada, Jocelyn Downie, Udo Schuklenk
Social Determinants Of Health And Slippery Slopes In Assisted Dying Debates: Lessons From Canada, Jocelyn Downie, Udo Schuklenk
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
The question of whether problems with the social determinants of health that might impact decision-making justify denying eligibility for assisted dying has recently come to the fore in debates about the legalization of assisted dying. For example, it was central to critiques of the 2021 amendments made to Canada’s assisted dying law. The question of whether changes to a country’s assisted dying legislation lead to descents down slippery slopes has also come to the fore—as it does any time a jurisdiction changes its laws. We explore these two questions through the lens of Canada’s experience both to inform Canada’s ongoing …
2016-2017 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium: Exploring The Right To Die In The U.S., Margaret Pabst Battin
2016-2017 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium: Exploring The Right To Die In The U.S., Margaret Pabst Battin
Georgia State University Law Review
This transcript is a reproduction of the Keynote Presentation at the 2016–2017 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium on November 11, 2016. Margaret Battin, is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah.
Distinctive Factors Affecting The Legal Context Of End-Of-Life Medical Care For Older Persons, Marshall B. Kapp
Distinctive Factors Affecting The Legal Context Of End-Of-Life Medical Care For Older Persons, Marshall B. Kapp
Georgia State University Law Review
Current legal regulation of medical care for individuals approaching the end of life in the United States is predicated essentially on a factual model emanating from a series of high-profile judicial opinions concerning the rights of adults who become either permanently unconscious or are clearly going to die soon with or without aggressive attempts of curative therapy.
The need for a flexible, adaptable approach to medically treating people approaching the end of their lives, and a similar openness to possible modification of the legal framework within which treatment choices are made and implemented, are particularly important when older individuals are …
An Incompetent's Right To Withdraw From Treatment: Cruzan V. Missouri Department Of Health , Mary A. Watson
An Incompetent's Right To Withdraw From Treatment: Cruzan V. Missouri Department Of Health , Mary A. Watson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow, Mary Margaret Penrose
Assisted Suicide: A Tough Pill To Swallow, Mary Margaret Penrose
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Justice O'Connor And The "Right To Die": Constitutional Promises Unfulfilled, Michael P. Allen
Justice O'Connor And The "Right To Die": Constitutional Promises Unfulfilled, Michael P. Allen
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
No abstract provided.
The Integrity Of Death: Resolving Dilemmas In Medicine, Larry I. Palmer
The Integrity Of Death: Resolving Dilemmas In Medicine, Larry I. Palmer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Physician-Assisted Suicide: State Legislation Teetering At The Pinnacle Of A Slippery Slope, Eunice Park
Physician-Assisted Suicide: State Legislation Teetering At The Pinnacle Of A Slippery Slope, Eunice Park
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
Physician-assisted suicide has become the subject of a hotly contested legal and political debate, both in the United States and abroad. In 1997, the United States Supreme Court rendered two decisions concerning physician-assisted suicide, and two states recently enacted legislation on this issue: Oregon in 1997 and Virginia in 1998. Nevertheless, the legality of physician-assisted suicide remains unclear as doctors, pharmacists, legal commentators, and a growing segment of the general population continue to argue over the line between "letting die" and "killing." This Note analyzes both the constitutional and political aspects of the right-to-die debate, focusing primarily on the political …
Institutional Analysis And Physicians' Rights After Vacco V. Quill, Larry I. Palmer
Institutional Analysis And Physicians' Rights After Vacco V. Quill, Larry I. Palmer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Who Decides If There Is "Triumph In The Ultimate Agony?" Constitutional Theory And The Emerging Right To Die With Dignity, Brian C. Goebel
Who Decides If There Is "Triumph In The Ultimate Agony?" Constitutional Theory And The Emerging Right To Die With Dignity, Brian C. Goebel
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Dealing With Terminally Ill Patients: An Institutional Approach, Larry I. Palmer
Dealing With Terminally Ill Patients: An Institutional Approach, Larry I. Palmer
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Privacy, The Right To Die And The Meaning Of Life: A Moral Analysis, David A.J. Richards
Constitutional Privacy, The Right To Die And The Meaning Of Life: A Moral Analysis, David A.J. Richards
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.
Euthanasia: Due Process For Death With Dignity; The Living Will, Luis Kutner
Euthanasia: Due Process For Death With Dignity; The Living Will, Luis Kutner
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.