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8434285

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
A survey of 200 outpatients using an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire revealed that 18% had already completed an advance directive. Only 5% had received information concerning advance directives from their physicians. Eighty-seven percent stated they would not be offended if, on admission to the hospital, they were to be asked whether they had completed a living will. Eighty-eight percent would view such a policy as showing evidence of positive concern by the hospital on their behalf. Only 2% consistently gave a negative response to a proposed policy of hospitals providing information concerning advance directives on admission, and a similar percentage was totally opposed to their use. Of those who had completed an advance directive, 50% had secured the only copy in a safety deposit box. This information, as well as the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, which will as of December 1, 1991 require hospitals to provide patients with information about advance directives, creates a new framework for the more efficient use of these important but underused documents.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Advance directives on hospital admission: a survey of patient attitudes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article