An Examination of the Moral Authority of Use of Advance Directives with the Alzheimer's Dementia Population

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dc.contributor.authorSokolowski, Marcia
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-22T18:48:03Z
dc.date.available2010-01-22T18:48:03Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-22T18:48:03Z
dc.date.submitted2010
dc.description.abstractAdvance directives in Canada are instructions made by capable adults that pertain to future healthcare treatment choices at a time of incapacity. My experience as an ethicist working in an Ontario long-term care facility that provides medical treatment to patients with Alzheimer’s Dementia portrays a range of important ethical concerns that arise out of the use of advance directives, at least in terms of their current use. In this thesis I analyze composite case studies to identify the more prominent challenges that exist and I turn to the literature to seek ways to more clearly understand these problems and to determine if they can be overcome. What I conclude is that the use of advance directives with the Alzheimer’s Dementia population in long-term care, as it is currently used, is fraught with problems that are mainly irresolvable. I offer clinical and policy recommendations that are aligned with this view.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/4978
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectadvance directivesen
dc.subjectliving willsen
dc.subjectautonomyen
dc.subjectrelational automonyen
dc.subjectAlzheimer's Dementiaen
dc.subjectcompetencyen
dc.subjectlong-term careen
dc.subjectinformed consenten
dc.subjectadvance care planningen
dc.subjectsubstitute decision-makingen
dc.subject.programPhilosophyen
dc.titleAn Examination of the Moral Authority of Use of Advance Directives with the Alzheimer's Dementia Populationen
dc.typeDoctoral Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeDoctor of Philosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPhilosophyen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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