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Case for directives advanced.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Despite the recent article in OB.GYN. NEWS, there is a growing body of evidence that the presence of a durable power of attorney for health care, or advance directive, is in the best interest of optimal care ("Advance Directives May Impede Patient Care," June 1, 2004, p. 36).
The Association of American Medical Colleges is investigating advance directives, and it is possible that their implementation may be added to the curricula of the 126 American medical schools.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is evaluating the possibility of requiring all acute general hospitals to create registries of advance directives, and the University of California, San Francisco, will require all medical students ...
- FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES.(DAYBREAK)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) October 7, 2001 700+ words
...that 35 percent of advance directives can't be found when...Services: Guidelines on advance directives at www.hcfa.gov...agingwithdignity.org. * American Medical Association: Booklet on advance directives at www.ama-assn...
- After the Patient Self-Determination Act: the need for empirical research on...
- Magazine article from: The Hastings Center Report Lynn, Joanne Teno, Joan M. January 1, 1993 700+ words
...that these informal advance directives are probably more important...practice than are formal advance directives. The Rationale for Advance Directives The fundamental claim of mainstream American medical ethics today is, roughly...
- Finding your way through advance directives.(By Robert Bendiksen and Bernard...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Bendiksen, Robert Hammes, Bernard August 3, 2001 700+ words
...that 35 percent of advance directives can't be found when...Services: Guidelines on advance directives at www.hcfa.gov...agingwithdignity.org _ American Medical Association: Booklet on advance directives at www.ama-assn...
- Advance Directives: Having Your Say.
- Newspaper article from: Kiplinger's Retirement Report February 1, 1996 700+ words
...Problems of the Elderly and American Medical Association joined forces...Future with Health Care Advance Directives. Advance directives include living wills...Future with Health Care Advance Directives, write to AARP Fulfillment...
- Advance directives save facilities money: study indicates advance directives...
- Magazine article from: McKnight's Long-Term Care News Blankenheim, Tracy A. May 5, 2000 700+ words
...recent study, advance directives reduce the cost...Journal of the American Medical Association, revealed...increase use of advance directives reduces healthcare...certain kinds of advance directives in nursing homes...
- Authors recommend reforms for advance directives.
- Newspaper article from: Cardiovascular Week September 27, 2004 700+ words
...Procedures for written advance directives should be simplified...physicians about advance directives and may lead to...Resuscitating advance directives. Arch Intern Med...Internal Medicine is: American Medical Association, 515...
- Industry focus: health care: advance directives.(living wills)
- Magazine article from: Risk Management Norlander, Linda November 1, 2001 700+ words
...had asked for in the first place. Advance Directives An advance directive is a legal document...wills or health care directives. Advance directives have been around in various forms...more people are turning to written advance directives as a way to prevent unwanted treatments...
- Hospice Community Applauds AMA Support of Advance Directives.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 14, 2006 700+ words
...members, applauds the American Medical Association on its commitment...education surrounding advance directives. In a press release issued...life decisions and using advance directives to make one's wishes...increase awareness about advance directives," he added. ...
