Advance Directives on Hospital Admission

Long-term Outcomes After In-Hospital CPR in Older Adults With Chronic Illness

“…[4][5][6] Th erefore, discussions about life-sustaining treatments, including CPR, in the outpatient setting before older patients become acutely ill are important, and patients and family members value shared decision-making. [7][8][9][10][11] Additionally, patients with chronic disease present a unique opportunity for end-of-life discussions because they are more likely to have contact with health-care providers in outpatient settings.…”

The effect of discussions about advance directives on patients’ satisfaction with primary care

“…4,5 Both patients and physicians feel that advance directives are important and should be discussed. 1,6±8 Yet we, 9 as well as others, 1,7,8 have shown that such discussions are uncommon. Patients often feel it is their physicians' responsibility to initiate advance care discussions, while physicians believe the subject should be raised by their patients.…”

The Emergence of Legal Prevention in Old Age: Findings from an Israeli Exploratory Study

“…This reality stands in sharp contrast to the North American experience, where the past 20 years have seen dynamic developments in terms of both the legislation and research. In many cases, the North American studies have indicated large gaps between the available knowledge about and awareness of the existence of these tools and their actual use (Broadwell, Boisaubin, Dunn, & Engelhardt, 1993;Larson, & Eaton, 1997;Miller, 1999). One of the recent studies in this regard was conducted by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) in 1999; its findings revealed a significant improvement in the rate of use of legal planning tools in comparison with their use in the 1980s or early 1990s (AARP, 2000; hereinafter, "the AARP study").…”