Advance Directives as Acts of Communication
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Advance directives as acts of communication: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND Instructional advance directives are widely advocated as a means of preserving patient self-determination at the end of life based on the assumption that they improve surrogates' understanding of patients' life-sustaining treatment wishes. However, no research has examined whether instructional directives are effective in improving the accuracy of surrogate decisions. PARTICIPANTS ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.3.421