Silvana Bastos Cogo1, Valéria Lerch Lunardi1. 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, BR.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: characterizing the national and international scientific literature about the advanced directives of living will as applied to the terminally ill patient. METHOD: integrative review considering the articles published in Portal Capes, SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE, Journal of Bioethics and Bioethikos, with the descriptors: Advanced directives, Wills regarding life and Advance Directives, Living Will and Terminally Ill, totaling 44 articles submitted to content analysis. RESULTS: three categories emerged: Students and professionals facing the advance directives of living will: Perceptions, opinions and practices; Patient's receptivity to the Advance Directives of Living Will; The family facing the advance directives of living will. CONCLUSION: the relevance of the topic became evident as a guarantee of respect for the dignity and autonomy of the patient, as well as to reduce ethical conflicts faced by families and health professionals facing care at the end of life.
OBJECTIVE: characterizing the national and international scientific literature about the advanced directives of living will as applied to the terminally ill patient. METHOD: integrative review considering the articles published in Portal Capes, SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE, Journal of Bioethics and Bioethikos, with the descriptors: Advanced directives, Wills regarding life and Advance Directives, Living Will and Terminally Ill, totaling 44 articles submitted to content analysis. RESULTS: three categories emerged: Students and professionals facing the advance directives of living will: Perceptions, opinions and practices; Patient's receptivity to the Advance Directives of Living Will; The family facing the advance directives of living will. CONCLUSION: the relevance of the topic became evident as a guarantee of respect for the dignity and autonomy of the patient, as well as to reduce ethical conflicts faced by families and health professionals facing care at the end of life.
Authors: Keith Zi Yuan Chua; Elaine Li Ying Quah; Yun Xue Lim; Chloe Keyi Goh; Jieyu Lim; Darius Wei Jun Wan; Simone Meiqi Ong; Chi Sum Chong; Kennan Zhi Guang Yeo; Laura Shih Hui Goh; Ray Meng See; Alexia Sze Inn Lee; Yun Ting Ong; Min Chiam; Eng Koon Ong; Jamie Xuelian Zhou; Crystal Lim; Simon Yew Kuang Ong; Lalit Krishna Journal: BMC Palliat Care Date: 2022-07-04 Impact factor: 3.113