A University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) perspective article published in February 2018 in the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine cautions that care must be taken by clinicians to guard against the misuse of language when guiding patients and families on death and dying. According to a release from Penn, in general,… Continue reading Guarding Against the Misuse of Language When Guiding Patients and Families on Death and Dying
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End-of-life Decision-Making for People with Intellectual Disabilities
A 2017 study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and published in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities provides a groundbreaking look at how advance care planning medical orders inform emergency medical service (EMS) providers’ experiences involving people with intellectual disabilities. A release from the university explains that most states in the… Continue reading End-of-life Decision-Making for People with Intellectual Disabilities