Importance – The homeless face higher rates of morbidity and mortality than the general population, and have lower rates of end-of-life care planning. An effective and sustainable intervention, to provide living wills and durable power of attorney, is required to protect the autonomy of a vulnerable population. Objective – To determine if medical student-led 1:1 counseling is as effective as social worker-led counseling as reported in the literature, determined by rate of advanced directive completion. Design – A focus groups and educational sessions on EOL care and ADs were conducted at 2 shelters, after which participants were offered the opportunity to sign up for a 1:1 counseling session with a medical student volunteer. Rates of sign-ups and completion were recorded. Setting – 2 North Philadelphia homeless shelters, requiring either an Axis I or current substance abuse diagnosis for residence. Participants – A convenience sample of 20 homeless men were approached; 10 enrolled in the study. Interventions – Educational sessions, focus groups, and 1:1 AD completion counseling sessions Main Outcomes – Interest in and completion of an advanced directive. Results – 9 participants signed up to complete ADs after an informational session. At the conclusion of the study, 8 of them (88.8%) completed ADs. 40% of the total participants completed an AD. Conclusions – Similar rates of advanced directive completion were achieved with the student-led intervention compared to a previous intervention in the literature. Further study with a larger sample including homeless women should be conducted to provide a generalized conclusion. / Urban Bioethics
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TEMPLE/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/1014 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Coulter, Andrew Mark |
| Contributors | Jones, Nora L. |
| Publisher | Temple University. Libraries |
| Source Sets | Temple University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 14 pages |
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| Relation | http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/996, Theses and Dissertations |
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