Objective: To discuss the relative merits and limitations of living wills and the durable power
of attorney for health care. Data Sources: Computerized search of MEDLINE. Study …

Background Advance directives are widely promoted as a means to plan for patients'
decisional incapacity, yet there is little evidence of their effectiveness. We devised a study to …

The patient records of 160 older adults who died in a community hospital were reviewed to
determine the use of advance directives and evaluate their effect on the care decisions …

Introduction: Use of advance directives is underutilized despite the Patient Self
Determination Act of 1990. This study was undertaken to determine use and opinions of …

Advance directives—such as living wills and health care proxies—are documents intended
to declare and preserve the health care choices of patients if they become unable to make …

Five years after the Patient Self-Determination Act, a surprising number of Americans have
made no formal provision for treatment decisions in the event that they're incapacitated by …

Survey of Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge, Attitude, and Experience provider does, are in
the best position to educate competent patients about advance directives and facilitate the …

Discusses the need to transfer advanced directives (eg, living wills, durable powers of
attorney, and do-not-resuscitate orders) from one health provider to another. It is argued that …

OBJECTIVE: To describe understanding of end-of-life issues and compare characteristics of
patients with and without advance directives. SETTING: A 325-bed community teaching …

Advance care directives for health care have been promoted as a way to improve end-of-life
decision making. These documents allow a patient to state, in advance of incapacity, the …