Do Advance Directives Direct?
@article{Shapiro2015DoAD, title={Do Advance Directives Direct?}, author={Susan P. Shapiro}, journal={Journal of health politics, policy and law}, year={2015}, volume={40 3}, pages={ 487-530 } }
Resolution of long-standing debates about the role and impact of advance directives - living wills and powers of attorney for health care - has been hampered by a dearth of appropriate data, in particular data that compare the process and outcomes of end-of-life decision making on behalf of patients with and without advance directives. Drawing on a large ethnographic study of patients in two intensive care units in a large urban teaching hospital, this article compares aspects of the medical…
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