A Prospective Study of Advance Directives for Life-Sustaining Care
- 28 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (13), 882-888
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199103283241304
Abstract
The use of advance directives is recommended so that people can determine the medical care they will receive when they are no longer competent, but the effectiveness of such directives is not clear.Keywords
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