Publications by authors named "Robert W Bandy"
Unbefriended, incapacitated individuals who lack surrogates to make medical decisions present a complex problem to the healthcare providers who treat them. Adults without surrogates are among the most vulnerable in the community and are often alone and estranged from family, neglected and abused, and at risk of receiving inappropriate medical treatment. This article describes the program model and outcomes for the first 2 years of the Wishard Volunteer Advocates Program (WVAP), a guardianship program using trained, supervised volunteers as surrogates for unbefriended, incapacitated individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To test the hypothesis that there is no relationship between the components of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) discrepancy index (DI) and duration of orthodontic treatment.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 732 patient records with permanent dentition was performed. Pretreatment radiographs and casts were used to determine the DI score.
Background: Because of the clear causal relationship between smoking and periodontal disease, and the negative effect of smoking on wound healing, it is of great importance to evaluate the tobacco-cessation interventions provided by periodontal practices. The use of tobacco-cessation interventions in clinical practice can be measured by whether the practitioner uses any of the "5 A's" defined by the 2008 United States Public Health Services Clinical Practice Guideline.
Methods: Surveys were mailed to 1,000 active members of the American Academy of Periodontology.
Background: It is sometimes necessary for courts to appoint guardians for adult, incapacitated patients. There are few data describing how medical decisions are made for such patients before and during the guardianship process.
Objective: To describe the process of medical decision-making for incapacitated, hospitalized adults for whom court-appointed guardians are requested.