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Prevalence and predictors of advance directive among terminally ill patients in Taiwan before enactment of Patient Right to Autonomy Act: a nationwide population-based study

BACKGROUND: Signing advance directives (ADs) ensures that terminally ill patients receive end-of-life care, according to their wishes, thereby promoting human dignity and sparing them from unnecessary suffering. Despite the enactment of the Hospice Palliative Care Act in Taiwan in 2000, the completi...

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Autores principales: Chang, Hui Yu, Takemura, Naomi, Chau, Pui Hing, Lin, Chia-Chin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9554959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36224654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-01069-1