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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Advancing an Advance Directive Debate
A challenge has recently been levelled against the legal and/or moral legitimacy of some advance directives. It has been argued… 
2005
2005
From advance directives to advance care planning: current legal status, ethical rationales and a new research agenda
Abstract 
2003
2003
Advance Directives and Patient-Physician Communication
ADVANCE DIRECTIVES PROVIDE A LEGAL MEANS FOR PATIENTS to state treatment preferences in advance, should they later become unable… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Advance directives and dementia.
Since the 1990 Patient Self-Determination Act, increasing numbers of adults are completing advance directives (ADs), but… 
1998
1998
Making advance directives meaningful.
Advance directives have been criticized as impractical and/or ineffective, but very little of the criticism differentiates among… 
1997
1997
Implementation of the Patient Self‐Determination Act (PSDA) in Nursing Homes in New York City
OBJECTIVE: To examine implementation of the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA), verbal directives, procedures for… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Advance directives and withdrawal of dialysis in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
OBJECTIVE To determine the role of advance directives in decisions to withdraw chronic dialysis in the United States, Germany… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Families' roles in advance directives.
In general, a presumption in favor of families for surrogate decisionmaking exists in law and in some ethical argument. Although… 
1993
1993
Religious advance directives: the convergence of law, religion, medicine, and public health.
Because of the deep interpersonal significance of decisions made at the end of life, it is not surprising that religion has… 
1991
1991
Trumping Advance Directives
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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