Abstract As the United States becomes more ethnically diverse, health care practitioners
must learn about the perspectives and values of a variety of cultural groups. Of interest is …

OBJECTIVE: To describe family perceptions of care at the end of life. METHODS: In a
representative sample of older people who died from chronic diseases, family members …

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

Purpose: This study examines the moderating effect of staff stability on the relationship
between management practices used to empower nurse aides and resident outcomes in a …

OBJECTIVES To comprehensively assess the effect of a living will on end‐of‐life care.
DESIGN Systematic review with narrative analysis following Preferred Reporting Items for …

Background: Living wills, a type of advance directive, are promoted as a way for patients to
document preferences for life-sustaining treatments should they become incompetent …

" The updated Third Edition of Geriatrics and the Law by the leading scholar in law and old
age belongs on the desk of every hospital and long-term care administrator, Director of …

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 …

Purpose: To explore hospitalized patients' attitudes toward advance directives, their reasons
for completing or not completing advance directive forms, and demographic differences …

Background: Medical care at the end of life remains poor. One approach to improving end-of-
life care is through education of medical trainees. However, evidence regarding the structure …