Advance Directives

Known as: Advance directive, Directive, Advance, Directives, Advance 
A legal document that states the treatment or care a person wishes to receive or not receive if he or she becomes unable to make medical decisions… (More)
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1984-2018
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Controlling death: the false promise of advance directives.
Advance directives promise patients a say in their future care but actually have had little effect. Many experts blame problems… (More)
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2004
2004
Resuscitating advance directives.
Advance directives have not fulfilled their promise of facilitating decisions about end-of-life care for incompetent patients… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Systematic implementation of an advance directive program in nursing homes: a randomized controlled trial.
CONTEXT Although advance directives are commonly used in the community, little is known about the effects of their systematic… (More)
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2000
2000
The use of advance directives with adolescents.
Adolescents and their families are sometimes touched by circumstances that force them to have to make difficult "end-of-life… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effectiveness of computer-generated reminders for increasing discussions about advance directives and completion of advance directive forms. A randomized, controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Physicians can increase the rate of completion of advance directive forms by discussing directives with their patients… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reconceptualizing advance care planning from the patient's perspective.
BACKGROUND Traditional academic assumptions about advance care planning (ACP) include the following: (1) the purpose of ACP is… (More)
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1994
1994
Relationship of advance directives to physician-patient communication.
BACKGROUND Although advance medical directives, such as living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, are by… (More)
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1994
1994
Physician reluctance to discuss advance directives. An empiric investigation of potential barriers.
BACKGROUND To determine the relative impact of five proposed barriers to physician usage of advance directives with the aim of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
How strictly do dialysis patients want their advance directives followed?
OBJECTIVE The Cruzan case and the Patient Self-Determination Act will encourage patients to specify in advance which life… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A prospective study of advance directives for life-sustaining care.
BACKGROUND The use of advance directives is recommended so that people can determine the medical care they will receive when they… (More)
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