Advance directives and establishing the goals of care.

Leland, J · Prim Care · 2001

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Abstract

This article addresses advance directives and methods to establish the goals of care for remaining life in the decisional and nondecisional patient. Without these discussions, patient autonomy is negated, and the opportunity to provide patient-centered care using shared decision making is lost.

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