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Gerda de Kuijper; Josien Jonker; Rory Sheehan; Angela Hassiotis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: In people with intellectual disabilities and mental disorders and/or challenging behaviours, rates of psychotropic drug prescription are high. In clinical treatments and evaluations, all stakeholders should be involved in a process of shared decision-making (SDM). We aimed to investigate the perspectives of clients and their carers on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Drug Use, Physician Patient Relationship
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van den Hoven, Mariëtte; Kole, Jos – Journal of Moral Education, 2015
The method of reflective equilibrium (RE) is well known within the domain of moral philosophy, but hardly discussed as a method in professional ethics education. We argue that an interpersonal version of RE is very promising for professional ethics education. We offer several arguments to support this claim. The first group of arguments focus on a…
Descriptors: Ethics, Reflection, Metacognition, Moral Values
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Wagemans, A.; van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, H.; Proot, I.; Metsemakers, J.; Tuffrey-Wijne, I.; Curfs, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the process of end-of-life decision-making regarding people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in the Netherlands, from the perspective of physicians. Methods: This qualitative study involved nine semi-structured interviews with ID physicians in the Netherlands after the deaths of patients with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Death, Mental Retardation, Physicians
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Rietjens, Judith A.C.; Bilsen, Johan; Fischer, Susanne; van der Heide, Agnes; van der Maas, Paul J.; Miccinessi, Guido; Norup, Michael; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.; Vrakking, Astrid M.; van der Wal, Gerrit. – Death Studies, 2007
A small proportion of deaths result from the use of drugs with the intention to hasten death without an explicit request of the patient. Additional insight into its characteristics is needed for evaluating this practice. In the Netherlands in 2001, questionnaires were mailed to physicians that addressed the decision making that preceded their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Physicians, Narcotics