An Examination of the Moral Authority of Use of Advance Directives with the Alzheimer's Dementia Population
| dc.comment.hidden | Please let me know as soon as possible if this submission is accepted as I'm getting close to time deadline. Thanks so much! | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Sokolowski, Marcia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-01-22T18:48:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-01-22T18:48:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-01-22T18:48:03Z | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Advance 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.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4978 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.pending | false | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
| dc.subject | advance directives | en |
| dc.subject | living wills | en |
| dc.subject | autonomy | en |
| dc.subject | relational automony | en |
| dc.subject | Alzheimer's Dementia | en |
| dc.subject | competency | en |
| dc.subject | long-term care | en |
| dc.subject | informed consent | en |
| dc.subject | advance care planning | en |
| dc.subject | substitute decision-making | en |
| dc.subject.program | Philosophy | en |
| dc.title | An Examination of the Moral Authority of Use of Advance Directives with the Alzheimer's Dementia Population | en |
| dc.type | Doctoral Thesis | en |
| uws-etd.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| uws-etd.degree.department | Philosophy | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |