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Advance Directives
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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…
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2005
2005
From advance directives to advance care planning: current legal status, ethical rationales and a new research agenda
C. Jordens
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M. Little
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I. Kerridge
,
J. McPhee
Internal medicine journal (Print)
2005
Corpus ID: 23490066
Abstract
2003
2003
Advance Directives and Patient-Physician Communication
Michael E. Hahn
2003
Corpus ID: 72417083
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES PROVIDE A LEGAL MEANS FOR PATIENTS to state treatment preferences in advance, should they later become unable…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Advance directives and dementia.
V. Rempusheski
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A. Hurley
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
2000
Corpus ID: 6886677
Since the 1990 Patient Self-Determination Act, increasing numbers of adults are completing advance directives (ADs), but…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
The patient self-determination act and advance directive completion in nursing homes.
Elizabeth H. Bradley
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Terrie Wetle
,
Sarah McCue Horwitz
Archives of Family Medicine
1998
Corpus ID: 20508229
OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of advance directives among nursing home residents before and after passage of the Patient…
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Advance directives and withdrawal of dialysis in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
A. Sehgal
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Christian Weisheit
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Yasuhiko Miura
,
Martin Butzlaff
,
Rita Kielstein
,
Yoshio Taguchi
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1996
Corpus ID: 25294274
OBJECTIVE To determine the role of advance directives in decisions to withdraw chronic dialysis in the United States, Germany…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Factors promoting completion of advance directives in the hospital.
A. M. Cugliari
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Tracy E. Miller
,
Jeffery Sobal
Archives of Internal Medicine
1995
Corpus ID: 38814787
BACKGROUND The 1991 Patient Self-Determination Act required health care providers to give patients information about advance…
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Review
1994
Review
1994
Families' roles in advance directives.
D. High
The Hastings center report
1994
Corpus ID: 40945086
In general, a presumption in favor of families for surrogate decisionmaking exists in law and in some ethical argument. Although…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
A preliminary investigation of opinions and behaviors regarding advance directives for medical care.
E. Elpern
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S. Yellen
,
L. Burton
American Journal of Critical Care
1993
Corpus ID: 23797901
BACKGROUND Advance directives are a means of promoting patient autonomy in end-of-life decisions but are used infrequently. A…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Beyond advance directives--health care surrogate laws.
J. Menikoff
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G. Sachs
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M. Siegler
New England Journal of Medicine
1992
Corpus ID: 32574602
Encouraging patients to execute advance directives is a worthy goal. Although such documents are certainly not perfect and may in…
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1991
1991
Trumping Advance Directives
D. Brock
1991
Corpus ID: 73283736
When, if ever, should a patient's advance directive not be followed? Since it is widely accepted that a competent patient's…
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