Background This paper joins the debate over changes in the role of health professionals
when applying advance directives to manage the decision-making process at the end of life …

(1) Background: Advance directives are an expression of a person's autonomy regarding
end-of-life care. Several studies have shown that the level of completion in countries where …

Background Advance directives (ADs) have been legally regulated to promote autonomy
over health decisions among patients who later lose decision-making capacity. Aims and …

BACKGROUND Advance directives enable people to describe their preferences for medical
treatment (living will) and/or to appoint a healthcare proxy who may decide on their behalf …

Abstract Background Advance directives (ADs) are assumed to reflect the patients'
preferences, even if these are not clearly expressed. Research into whether this assumption …

Aim To investigate doctors' response to and understanding of the legal status of advance
directives. Methods A vignette-based study administered at palliative medicine, oncology …

In the USA, the use of advance directives (ADs) has been studied extensively, in order to
identify opportunities to increase their use. We investigated the prevalence of ADs and the …

Aim (s) To review the global literature on the implementation of advance health care
directives to date, and the experiences of the health care professionals who must initiate the …

PRINCIPLES: Advance directives are seen as an important tool for documenting the wishes
of patients who are no longer competent to make decisions in regards to their medical care …

Advance directives (AD) are written documents that give patients the opportunity to
communicate their preferences regarding treatments they do or do not want to receive in …