Social regulation activities in end-of-life: a qualitative study on completion of advance directives in Swiss nursing homes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Switzerland as in many countries, steady trend is observed in nursing homes to promote writing of advanced directives (ADs). Implementation of ADs reflects the rise in public concern for the persons' right to self-determination and informed decision. The issue of end-of-life conditions is particularly acute in situations with dementia. This article investigates how ADs interventions in nursing homes strive simultaneously to behave in line with the principles of care ethics and with the intention to respond to legally binding instructions. Healthcare to dying residents with dementia in nursing homes is interpreted in light of the Regulation theory.

Methods

Nursing home palliative care reference nurses were contacted through questionnaire. One hundred twenty-one

SUBMITTER: Droz Mendelzweig M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature