Background: Little is known about the emotional impact of physician-initiated advance
directive discussions. Methods: One hundred ambulatory patients aged 65 years and older …

BACKGROUND: Discussions of end‐of‐life care should be held prior to acute, disabling
events. Many barriers to having such discussions during primary care exist. These barriers …

Background Advance directives (ADs) are widely regarded as the best available mechanism
to ensure that patients' wishes about medical treatment at the end of life are respected …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of discussion about depression in follow‐up
medical visits of older patients, who initiates these discussions, the quality of …

This article presents a descriptive study about social workers' advance directive
communication practices with hospitalized elderly patients at several hospitals located in …

Background: Widely publicized court cases have focused national attention on the
importance of advance directives. In spite of initiatives such as the Patient Self …

Results. Of the respondents who had not previously discussed their wishes with their
physician, 68% wanted the physician to initiate the discussion. Only 11% did not want their …

Objective: To examine elderly outpatients' understand-ing of advance directives (ADS),
cardiopulmonary resus-citation (CPR), and artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) with and …

Patients prepare advance directives in an effort to maintain autonomy during periods of
incapacity or at the end of life. Advance directive documents are specific to the state in which …

OBJECTIVES: Although previous studies have shown physicians support advance
directives, little is known about how they actually participate in decision‐making. This study …