Advanced Directives in Older Adults with Dementia: Ethical Challenges and Advocacy Role of Nurses

Partovirad, Mehrnoosh; Hosseini, Amin; Navab, Elham

doi:10.18502/ehj.v9i2.14420

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Partovirad M, Hosseini A, Navab E. Advanced Directives in Older Adults with Dementia: Ethical Challenges and Advocacy Role of Nurses. Elderly Health Journal 2023; 9 (2) :55-56
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Advanced Directives in Older Adults with Dementia: Ethical Challenges and Advocacy Role of Nurses

Mehrnoosh Partovirad

, Amin Hosseini

, Elham Navab ^*

Department of Critical Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , elhamnavab2@gmail.com

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Keywords: Advanced Directives, Aged, Dementia, Ethical Challenges, Advocacy Role, Nurses

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Received: 2023/06/20 | Accepted: 2023/11/4 | Published: 2023/12/14

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