The ethics of euthanasia in dementia: A qualitative content analysis of case summaries (2012-2020).
Antonie Stef GroenewoudEllen LeijtenSterre van den OeverJulia van SommerenTheodoor Adriaan BoerPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
Beyond these questions, however, we also see some serious challenges for the future: (a) narrowing the gap between perceived and real nursing home quality, since many advance euthanasia directives refer to nursing homes as sources of unbearable suffering; (b) making information to incompetent patients and their relatives about end of life options more tailor made, since it is questionable whether patients with dementia currently understand all of the euthanasia procedure; (c) involving patients' own physician as long as possible in a euthanasia request. Training may help physicians to deal better with euthanasia requests by patients suffering from dementia; (d) longitudinal research is required that encompasses all dementia euthanasia cases, not only those selected by the RTE.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- mild cognitive impairment
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cognitive impairment
- emergency department
- machine learning
- depressive symptoms
- mental health
- minimally invasive
- health information
- current status
- quality improvement