To be involved or not to be involved: A survey of public preferences for self-involvement in decision-making involving mental capacity (competency) within Europe.
| Autor: | Daveson, Barbara A, Bausewein, Claudia, Murtagh, Fliss Em, Calanzani, Natalia, Higginson, Irene J, Harding, Richard, Cohen, Joachim, Simon, Steffen T, Deliens, Luc, Bechinger-English, Dorothee, Hall, Sue, Koffman, Jonathan, Ferreira, Pedro Lopes, Toscani, Franco, Gysels, Marjolein, Ceulemans, Lucas, Haugen, Dagny F, Gomes, Barbara |
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| Předmět: |
MENTAL competency (Law)
CAPACITY (Law) CHI-squared test CONFIDENCE intervals DECISION making EPIDEMIOLOGY FISHER exact test INTERVIEWING MULTIVARIATE analysis QUESTIONNAIRES RESEARCH funding STATISTICAL sampling U-statistics ADVANCE directives (Medical care) DATA analysis LIVING wills DATA analysis software |
| Zdroj: | Palliative Medicine; May2013, Vol. 27 Issue 5, p418-427, 10p, 3 Black and White Photographs, 4 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | The article discusses the study of examining public preferences for self-involvement in end-of-life care decision-making and factors associated with it. The survey showed the result that four factors including higher educational attainment, female gender, and valuing quality over quantity of life or valuing both equally are associated with a preference for self-involvement across capacity and incapacity scenarios. Single people have more chances to prefer self-involvement is also concluded. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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