Review article
Advance directives: Do they work?☆

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Abstract

Advance directives have been widely endorsed, and empiric work has taken place that can aid clinicians in the appropriate use of validated documents. This report reviews philosophic and methodologic issues and offers practical illustrations. Despite the evidence that advance directives can work, there are serious barriers to their actual use. Therfore, these barriers are evaluated and potential solutions suggested.

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This report was presented at the Scientific Session of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1994, and was prepared with partial support from The DeCamp Foundation, New York, New York.

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