A Survey of What Healthcare Professionals Consider as Relevant for Decisional Autonomy in Health and Treatment in Nigeria.

Background: Autonomy is one of the key ethical principles enshrined in Part II of the Nigerian National Health Act 2014. To ensure compliance with this principle, it is pertinent that Health Care Professionals (HCPs) understand and know what it entails to ensure that patients are empowered to pursue their decisional autonomy. This survey seeks to explore what HCPs consider as relevant for empowering patients to exercise decisional autonomy, in line with the Nigerian Health Act.

The Law, Dementia, and Sexuality-Is the Law Striking the Right Balance?

Background And Objectives: English and Welsh laws require "contemporaneous" consent to sexual relations, often precluding "non-capacituos" people living with advanced dementia from these human interactions.

Research Design And Methods: The views of people living with dementia, carers, professionals, and over-55s were explored on implications of current laws on sexuality in dementia. Thirty-five participants from England were recruited through purposive selective sampling.

Sexuality and the Human Rights of Persons With Dementia.

We explore barriers to enjoyment of human rights to sexuality of persons with dementia and remedies for addressing these. Enjoyment of sexuality is contingent upon actualization of rights to dignity, autonomy, respect for will and preferences, abuse safeguarding and equitable access to highest standards of sexual health. Persons with dementia living at home or in care face systemic barriers to enjoyment of sexuality fueled by ageism, apathy and ignorance, compounded by complex legal barriers in relation to consent.

Dementia, Sexuality, and the Law: The Case for Advance Decisions on Intimacy.

Some individuals develop dementia and the invariable consequence of dementia is a decline in cognition and level of functioning. Despite the effects of this illness, people with dementia still seek intimacy and companionship as part of their expression of basic human instincts and have the right to equal enjoyment of relationships and privacy for such. At the same time, they have the right to be safeguarded against abuse.