This article considers 2 major critiques of advance directives and offers a defense to each of
them. The lst critique is philosophical in nature and maintains that the moral authority of an …

The Foreword traces the development of advance directive instruments and discusses their
legal enforceability and many benefits. Despite their advantages, advance directives remain …

This chapter considers (1) the normative justification for the advance directive movement
and, in light of that, its ultimate goal;(2) how the movement has failed to achieve this goal; …

This paper uses a case example to review the current legal status of advance directives, as
well as their ethical rationale. We draw attention to ongoing efforts to institutionalize advance …

The use of advance directives to guide medical decision making in the event that a patient
becomes incompetent has become a topic of intense scrutiny and research interest …

There is significant confusion about the topic of advance directives (ADs), stimulated by the
increasing realization that current AD instruments probably have little salutary clinical effect …

Modern medicine has put a new twist on one of our most fundamental values: self-
determination. Although advance directives may be used to request treatment, this volume …

Formal Advance Directives by Joanne Lynn and Joan M. Teno n the past decade, formal
advance directives have come to be viewed by nearly all parties as having the potential to …

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 …

Medical advance directives for end-of-life decisions at times that patients cannot express
their preferences have become a major trend in recent state and federal legislation. The …