Background and Aims When a person with dementia (PWD) has lost the ability to make
treatment decisions, clinicians often rely on family carers to know and articulate these …

Background: Research involving adults lacking mental capacity relies on the involvement of
a proxy or surrogate, although this raises a number of ethical concerns. Empirical studies …

Informed consent is an essential requirement prior to clinical trial participation, however
some 'vulnerable'groups, such as people with cognitive impairments and those in medical …

People who are unable to make decisions about participating in research rely on proxies to
make a decision based on their wishes and preferences. However, patients rarely discuss …

The 'best interests' decision making standard is used in clinical care to make necessary
health decisions for non-capacitated individuals for whom neither explicit nor inferred …

Current practice relies on surrogates to enroll incapacitated adults in research. Yet, it is
unclear to what extent this practice protects adults who have lost the ability to consent for …

Het meest gezongen verjaardagslied in het Nederlandse taalgebied is waarschijnlijk 'Lang
zal ze leven'. Dat met onze hedendaagse leefgewoonten en gezondheidszorg die wens …

An elderly patient is hospitalized for pneumonia. He is dependent on mechanical ventilation
and has a very poor prognosis for successful weaning. He is likely not to survive the hospital …

People who are unable to make decisions about participating in research rely on proxies to
make a decision based on their wishes and preferences. However, patients rarely discuss …

The UK End of Life Care Strategy proposed that all people should identify preferences for
end of life care. Aims To explore whether family carers of a person with dementia (PWD) can …