Physicians' Attitudes on Advance Directives

摘要: Advance directives provide means for competent individuals to influence treatment decisions in the event of serious illness and subsequent loss competence, "living will" being best known example. Physicians Arkansas who were identified be currently engaged general practice, family medicine, or internal including its subspecialties (N = 1293), surveyed assess attitudes toward experiences with advance directives. Almost 80% all respondents expressed a positive attitude fewer than 2% negative such documents. A majority (55.9%) had actual experience instruments their practices, 83.5% these physicians said that become more as result experience. More frequent employment critical situations was associated experiences. Most benefits claimed directives—improved communication trust, easier confident decision, less stress guilt, promotion patient autonomy—were substantiated by results. ( JAMA . 1989;262:2415-2419)