...Irene A. Gutheil; Janna C. Heyman communication elderly people end-of-life planning health care agent health care proxy Communication between Older People and Their Health Care Agents: Results of an Intervention Irene A. Gutheil and Janna C. Heyman This study...

... by social workers in health care settings. Development, evaluation, application of the new measure, and future research needs are discussed. decision-making scale end-of-life decisions health care decision making health care proxy health care surrogate Validation of the Health Care...

..., social workers are well suited for this role. Key words: advance directives; elderly patients; health care proxy; living will; self-determination he Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 (Emanuel, Barry, Stoeckle, Ettleson, & Emanuel, (P.L...

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... no surrogate has been named, most hospital policies and many state statutes list the general hierarchy of people to be the patient’s surrogates. surrogate decision-making surrogates health care proxy surrogate list patient autonomy decision making health care proxies surrogate decision makers surrogate...

....   Preferences of elderly cancer patients in their advance directives.   Critical Rev Oncol/Hematol.   2010 ;74(1):61–65. 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2009.04.007 19446467 An important step before implementing surrogate decision makers, health care proxies or health-care power attorneys...

.... Preparing legal documents such as a will, power of attorney, and health care proxy is an important step in planning for the future. Having conversations with your loved one early after a diagnosis ensures that they can participate in future planning as much as possible, easing your burden as increased care...

... among interested parties such as family members. Advance directives, such as health care proxies, help alleviate these problems by providing a method for the person in question to document his or her preferences and appoint someone to act on their behalf in the event of incapacity. This chapter...