Advance directives for seriously ill hospitalized patients: Effectiveness with the patient self-determination act and the SUPPORT intervention. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment
Teno J, Lynn J, Wenger N, et al. Advance directives for seriously ill hospitalized patients: Effectiveness with the patient self-determination act and the SUPPORT intervention. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 1997;45(4):519-20.
This article demonstrates that research undertaken to assess the effectiveness of written advance directives (ADs) in the care of seriously ill, hospitalized patients, has shown that seriously ill patients, ADs did not substantially enhance physician-patient communication or decision-making about resuscitation.
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