Practical and Ethical Aspects of Advance Research Directives for Research on Healthy Aging: German and Israeli Professionals' Perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy aging is the development and maintenance of optimal cognitive, social and physical well-being, and function in older adults. Preventing or minimizing disease is one of the main ways of achieving healthy aging. Dementia is one of the most prevalent and life-changing diseases of old age. Thus, dementia prevention research is defined as one of the main priorities worldwide. However, conducting research with persons who lack the capacity to give consent is a major ethical issue.

Objective

Our study attempts to explore if and how advance research directives (ARDs) may be used as a future tool to deal with the ethical and practical issues in dementia research.

Method

We conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews with German and Israeli professi

SUBMITTER: Werner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895655 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature