Advance directives for end-of-life care result in preferred treatment
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
In almost every case, the patients' orders were followed, a study finds. And more Americans are making use of tools such as living wills and durable powers of attorney. Advance directives work. That's the conclusion of one of the largest studies on the effectiveness of documents specifying what medical treatments are desired, or not desired, at the end of life. Further, Americans are...