Has end-of-life decisions or advance directives become an economic strategy to contain health care cost as much as a way to respect patient´s informed consent and private autonomy rights? : what can we learn from the american advance care model?

Alves, Raquel Ferreira Pedrosa

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/27119

Use this identifier to reference this record.

Name:	Description:	Size:	Format:
Raquel_Alves_Master_Thesis_MTL_30-04-2018.pdf		2.58 MB	Adobe PDF	Download

Send Feedback

Authors

Alves, Raquel Ferreira Pedrosa

Advisor(s)

Rice, Allison Janet

Keywords

Advance care model Advance care planning Advance directive Decision-making End-of-life Ethical dilemma Health care agent Health care costs Health care power of attorney Lesson Life-sustaining treatment Living will Medical treatment Patient’s autonomy POLST Proxy Rationing Recommendation Self-determination Surrogate Technology Withdrawing Withholding