Evaline – Evaluating the powers of persons with a learning disability to judge medical decisions
Category Project
Ausgangslage und Ziele
The new Adult Protection act calls upon legal guardians, families and carers to take greater account of the wishes of the individuals concerned when medical decisions are taken. To date there has been no appropriate tool for establishing how well equipped a person with a learning disability is to assess a specific medical issue.
The aim of the proposed project is to develop and evaluate an instrument for establishing the powers of judgement of individuals with a learning disability with regard to medical decisions. A specific tool is to be designed, for the use of carers and family but also physicians, that makes it possible to assess the powers of individuals with a learning disability to form judgements about medical decisions. This is intended to strengthen the opportunities for persons with a disability to exercise self-determination in medical matters.
Project Management
Facts
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Duration03.201506.2016
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Project number
5_43
Cooperations
Publications
- (2018).Advance Care Planning for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.GeroPsych,31(2),87–95.
- (2018).Selbstbestimmung am Lebensende – auch bei kognitiver Beeinträchtigung.Angewandte Gerontologie,3(1),38–39.
- (2016).Assistierte Autonomie bei medizinischen Entscheidungen.Blogbeitrag auf Philosophie und Gesundheit.
- (2016).Schwierige medizinische Entscheidungen.In S. Hüttche, & M. T. Wicki (Hrsg.),Forschung für die Praxis. 15 Jahre Forschung und Entwicklung 2001-2016(S. 26–27).Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik.
- (2015).Die Zukunft ist jetzt! Arbeitsbuch zum Leitfaden.Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik.