2 results
09/Sep/2020
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020AO5395
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the prevalence of palliative sedation use and related factors. Methods An observational study based on data collected via electronic questionnaire comprising 23 close-ended questions and sent to physicians living and working in the state of São Paulo. Demographic data, prevalence and frequency of palliative sedation use, participant’s familiarity with the practice and related motivating factors were analyzed. In order to minimize memory bias, questions addressing use frequency and motivating factors were limited to the last year […]
Keywords: Advance care planning; Bioethics; Deep sedation; Pain management; Palliative care; Terminal care
04/Oct/2019
04/Oct/2019
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020RW4852
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify the variables that influence physicians to implement Advance Directives and assess their impact on end-of-life care. It is a narrative literature review of 25 articles published between 1997 and 2018, in the following databases: CAPES, EBSCOhost, BDTD, VHL, Google Scholar, MEDLINE®/PubMed. The keywords utilized were: “advance directives”, “living wills”, “physicians”, “attitude”, “decision making”, “advance care planning”. The main factors that influenced physicians to implemente the directives were patients prognosis, medical paternalism, […]
Keywords: Advance care planning; Advance directives; Attitude; Decision Making; Living wills; Physicians