Challenges to implementation of advance directives of will in hospital practice.

Conclusion:: limitations and difficulties in practice of advance directives of will from the perspective of the participants show, apart from countless conflicts and dilemmas regarding end-of life matters, that impending death experiences obstruct patients' wishes.
PMID: 27925077 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - October 31, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Cogo SB, Lunardi VL, Quintana AM, Girardon-Perlini NM, Silveira RS Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research