… healthcare professionals in geriatrics services revealed a low level of knowledge regarding
advance directives … Indeed; only 15 % of the healthcare professionals correctly answered at …

… The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 empowers all persons to make advance directives (AD) and
… followed during any interaction with mental health professionals except in an emergency. …

… Our approach is designed for use by health professionals. Unlike previous procedures that
have been advocated for the assessment of competence to complete an advance directive, 5 …

… Advance directives are very useful when we discuss them with the patient… Advance directives
are an issue … Palliative care health professionals’ experiences of caring for patients with …

… A majority in all groups believed that advance directives may … be pressurised into writing an
advance directive, and 38–65… in the non-medical professional groups (patients and healthy …

… This may indicate a willingness and openness of patients, surrogates and staff to perceive
advance directives as an instrument to improve communication, rather than actual evidence of …

… healthcare professionals responded to the questionnaire. Among them, 91.3% considered
that they were not sufficiently informed about advance directives… the advance directives in …

… Professional societies, citizens' groups, legislators, and the … Studies of advance directive
discussions suggest that … in outpatient practices discuss advance directives with their patients …

… patient's relatives or carers, or by other health professionals who might be aware of the case,
is for a complaint of "serious professional misconduct" being made to the General Medical …

… ADs may include specific preferences regarding future care and treatment and information
that provides a context for healthcare professionals and relatives in case they have to make …