Continuing Confusion Over Advance Directives
Alicia Gallegos
American Medical News
October 29, 2012
Data correlate with a May study in The Journal of Emergency Medicine, which found that 78% of physicians misinterpreted living wills as DNRs.
The nationwide TRIAD III study analyzed 768 responses from medical residents and faculty at training institutions in 34 states. Among respondents, 74% of family physicians, 77% of internists and 80% of emergency physicians misinterpreted living wills as DNRs.
Links:
- Making Your Health Wishes Known
- Adding an Agent to "The Talk", Helen Emmott, Sandy Silva, The Bioethics Channel, March 22, 2012
Labels: advance directives; DNRs; aging; chronic disease; end of life
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