The HIV-specific advance directive

Redrafting Ohio's advance directive laws.

A comparison of state advance directive documents.

PURPOSE Advance directive (AD) documents are based on state-specific statutes and vary in terms of content. These differences can create confusion and inconsistencies resulting in a possible failure to honor the health care wishes of people who execute health care documents for one state and receive health care in another state. The purpose of this study was to compare similarities and differen...

1608Low rates of advance directive completion among HIV-infected patients: a retrospective analysis

patients: a retrospective analysis Joshua Barocas, MD; Kristine Erlandson, MD; Blythe Belzer, MD; Timothy Hess, PhD; James Sosman, MD; Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; University of Colorado DenverAnschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO; Medicine, University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, WI; Medicine, University of Wisconsin School o...

New CMS guidelines suggest changes in advance directive policies.

[Seniors' knowledge of and attitudes to advance directive documents].

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine seniors' knowledge of and attitudes toward advance directive documents. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study in a primary care setting in the provinces of Albacete and Guadalajara, Spain (n = 464). RESULTS A total of 86.2% (95% CI: 83.0-89.5) of the participants were unaware of advance directive documents and only 3.4% ...