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Direct linkKeranen, Lisa – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2007
"Code status" is a prominent feature of end-of-life discussions in U.S. hospitals. This essay analyzes how the rhetoric of code status articulates the terms of end-of-life decision-making in one hospital's "Patient" Preferences Worksheet. The Worksheet signifies the abandonment of the technological fix as the preferred…
Descriptors: Worksheets, Rhetoric, Patients, Personal Autonomy
Measuring Depression at the End of Life: Is the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale a Valid Instrument?
Olden, Megan; Rosenfeld, Barry; Pessin, Hayley; Breitbart, William – Assessment, 2009
Depression at the end of life is a common mental health issue with serious implications for quality of life and decision making. This study investigated the reliability and validity of one of the most frequently used measures of depression, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in 422 patients with terminal cancer admitted to a palliative…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Validity, Suicide, Rating Scales
Carr, Deborah; Khodyakov, Dmitry – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2007
Dying persons are encouraged to name as durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC) someone who will thus be empowered to make end-of-life treatment decisions for them in the event that they become incapacitated. We use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study to investigate whether and whom older adults designate as their DPAHC. DPAHC…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Decision Making, Empowerment, Death
