Publications by authors named "E M Sizoo"
Background: The Dutch Euthanasia law permits euthanasia in patients with advanced dementia lacking decisional capacity based on advance euthanasia directives. Nevertheless, physicians encounter difficulties assessing the criteria for due care in such cases. This study explores the perspectives of legal experts on the fulfillment of these criteria and the potential for additional legal guidance to support physicians' decision-making processes.
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- The study investigates the challenges that physicians in the Netherlands face when considering euthanasia requests from patients with advanced dementia, focusing on ethical dilemmas related to communication and assessing suffering.
- It involves a descriptive multimethod approach, including a questionnaire to gather insights from three categories of physicians: older adult care physicians (ECPs), support and consultation on euthanasia (SCEN) physicians, and euthanasia expertise center (EEC) physicians.
- Results revealed that while ECPs handle most requests for euthanasia based on advance directives, very few actually perform the procedure, with a consensus among all physician groups emphasizing the need for effective communication with patients to understand their wishes and gauge their suffering.
Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Post-Diagnostic Care for People with Vascular Cognitive Impairment: When Help Is Needed in a "No-Man's Land".
J Alzheimers Dis
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- After people are diagnosed with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), they often get confusing care from different types of healthcare professionals, making it hard for them to get the help they really need.
- A study was done with healthcare workers to understand their views on how to improve care for VCI patients and their caregivers.
- The findings showed that it's important for healthcare workers to know about VCI, that care needs to be better organized, and that it would help if different types of healthcare experts worked together more closely.
Objectives: Vascular cognitive impairment is the second most common type of cognitive impairment. Care needs of community-dwelling people with vascular cognitive impairment and their caregivers have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, we aimed to explore care needs of people with vascular cognitive impairment and their family caregivers.
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