Objective To identify knowledge, skills and attitudes among physicians and nurses of adults'
intensive care units (ICUs), referred to advance directives or living wills. Design A cross …

Background Nearly every fourth person in Germany has an advance directive that is to be
used in certain medical situations. It is questionable, however, whether advance directives …

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 …

Background Implementing the routine consultation of patient advance directives in hospital
emergency departments and emergency medical services has become essential, given that …

Aim of Study: This study explored the experiences of critical care nurses and physicians with
advance directives (ADs) in an intensive care unit (ICU) to identify the benefits and …

The movement to encourage the use of living wills to allow patients to control the care that
they receive at the end of life is now about two decades old. At the present time, nearly all …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the degree of knowledge and attitudes of medical and nursing
professionals in two health departments to advance directives, as well as to examine their …

Background Our objective was to assess, through a qualitative, exploratory study, the
thought processes of patients regarding the formulation of advance directives (AD) after a …

Study objective To evaluate the frequency with which advance directives (ADs) are available
at the time of admission and their impact on subsequent care in a medical intensive care unit …

Advance directives (ADs) are instructions from patients to their physician and family
regarding their wishes for medical care in the event they become incapable of …