In principal, increasing the use of advance directives is important; however, they are not
sufficient to address the important concerns of family members of dying patients. Teno …

Advance care planning is the process by which persons can designate, in an advance
directive, how intensive they would like their care to be if they become incapacitated and …

Advance directives promise patients a say in their future care but actually have had little
effect. Many experts blame problems with completion and implementation, but the advance …

Advance directives are legal documents outlining a patient's preferences for treatment at the
end of life. The intent is that the documents will be used if the patient later cannot …

Advance directives have been on the American health care scene for over 20 years. Yet,
despite their long life and legitimate legal and moral bases, signing rates are still far from …

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES PROVIDE A LEGAL MEANS FOR PATIENTS to state treatment
preferences in advance, should they later become unable to participate in decisions about …

THERE ARE 2 WIDELY KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH END-OF-life care in the United States.
First, care often does not reflect patients' values and preferences. Second, end-of-life care …

Advance directives have not fulfilled their promise of facilitating decisions about end-of-life
care for incompetent patients. Many legal requirements and restrictions concerning advance …

The number of elderly persons is expected to increase to 55 million by 2020, with the
minority population increasing to 12.9 million, yet fewer than 30% of Americans have …

Background: Advance directive law may compromise the clinical effectiveness of advance
directives. Purpose: To identify unintended legal consequences of advance directive law …