The Preferences Of Physicians And Nurses Regarding Advance Directives

Volume 26, Number 6 (2016)

Eimantas Peičius, Aurelija Blaževičienė, Raimundas Kaminskas Abstract The concept of advance directives and their application in practice is still terra incognita in Lithuanian healthcare. Globally, the patient’s living will as a legal and ethical tool for end of life decision-making is considered one of the most important challenges for the future of healthcare. This article…

Medical, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Prenatal Diagnostics

Volume 22, Number 3(82) (2012)

Danielius Serapinas Abstract This article outlines the main medical, ethical and legal aspects of prenatal diagnostics. It has become standart in prenatal care to performe tests for chromosome abnormalities and neural tube defects. First trimester tests from maternal serum (free β human chorionic gonadotropin and pregnancy associated plasma protein A) are performed from 11week to…