[Advance Directives and Palliative Medical Care in Nursing Homes: A Study on Everyday Life and Relevance in Out-of-Hours Medical Care].

ABSTRACT:

Background

The percentage of nursing home residents that have documented advance directives (AD) is increasing. However, there are no studies concerning the consideration of these directives within the out-of-hours primary care or the emergency service. There is also a lack of information on the differences in the attitudes of doctors on duty in various disciplines towards therapeutic options in palliative situations.

Methods

In the context of research about the medical care of nursing home residents outside regular practice hours, the existence of AD and their consideration by the doctors on duty or emergency doctors was investigated (n=101). Furthermore, the attitudes of the doctors on duty (n=60) and of a reference group of palliative doctors (n=19) towards experience in

SUBMITTER: Witthauer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11248040 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature