End of Life: Research papers

Are advance directives legally binding or simply the starting point for discussion on patients' best interests? However, these rights are limited to planned refusal of specific medical treatments, and even this is vulnerable to challenge if the directive is not sufficiently specific. The following case study explores the questions that arise with regard to an advance decision to refuse treatment in the context of a life threatening overdose. 26 November 2009
Palliative care and Parkinson's disease: managing the chronic-palliative interface The author argues that insuring the availability of adequate palliative services entails negotiating the chronic-palliative interface, which, in turn, requires continued multi-disciplinary professional involvement as well as the integration and recognition of the care provided by family caregivers. 01 March 2009
Palliative Care in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Neuroscience Nursing The Parkinson's Disease Model of Care (PDMC) takes the precepts of palliative care and presents a model for the neuroscience nurse to use in individual care planning across the trajectory of disease. The PDMC guides the nurse in providing relief from suffering for PD patients and their families, from diagnosis through bereavement, with an emphasis on advance care planning. 01 April 2006