Background. The purpose of this study was to determine whether discussion about and
distribution of advance directive forms in a rural, private primary health care office would …

Background The major health care organizations in a geographically defined area
implemented an extensive, collaborative advance directive education program …

T troversies in which family members refused life-sustaining interventions.'These cases led
to a consensus that advance directives to limit interventions should be respected and that a …

OBJECTIVE: We studied whether a simple educational intervention would increase patient
completion of advance directives and discussions on end‐of‐life issues. DESIGN …

Background: The quality of communication that leads to the completion of written advance
directives may influence the usefulness of these documents, but the nature of that …

The traditional objective of advance care planning has been to have patients make
treatment decisions in advance so that clinicians can attempt to provide care consistent with …

BACKGROUND: The Patient Self-Determination Act offers persons the opportunity to make
their end-of-life choices known by the use of advance directives. Although nurses are …

As medicine has increasingly gained the power to prolong life in the face of devastating
illness, patients have increasingly become concerned about maintaining some control over …

For a dozen years, my clinical practice has been largely with dying patients, my academic
pursuits have focused on medical ethics, and my public service has been mostly at the …