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Healthcare decision-making: past present and future, in light of a diagnosis of dementia

Dening, KH; King, M; Jones, L; Sampson, EL; (2017) Healthcare decision-making: past present and future, in light of a diagnosis of dementia. International Journal of Palliative Nursing , 23 (1) pp. 4-11. 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.1.4. Green open access

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Abstract

End-of-life care policy in the UK states that all people should identify their needs, priorities and preferences for end-of-life care in the form of advance care planning. Advance care planning in dementia is less well developed than in some other disease groups such as cancer and, arguably, may be more complex. A person with dementia may lose the capacity to make decisions associated with advance care planning early in the course of the disease, requiring more involvement of family carers. This study explores the 'lived' context to health care decision-making of dyads (the person with dementia and their carer) in respect of past, present and future healthcare decision-making.

Type: Article
Title: Healthcare decision-making: past present and future, in light of a diagnosis of dementia
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.1.4
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2017.23.1.4
Language: English
Keywords: Advance care planning, Carers, Decision-making, Dementia, End of life
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540783
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