An Examination of the Moral Authority of Use of Advance Directives with the Alzheimer's Dementia Population

Advance directives in Canada are instructions made by capable adults that pertain to future healthcare treatment choices at a time of incapacity. My experience as an ethicist working in an Ontario long-term care facility that provides medical treatment to patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia portrays...

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Main Author: Sokolowski, Marcia
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4978