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• An 'Advance Directive' for Patient Privacy

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you go to a hospital, you will probably be asked, aggressively, about your advance directive to withhold or withdraw treatment. But you will not be asked--or probably allowed--to sign a statement to protect your confidentiality. While you are in the hospital, your record will probably be scrutinized by a variety of "reviewers" you will never know about. Their job is not to protect you, but to watch out for the hospital's bottom line.

• U.S. Newswire
• December 07, 2010

• Advance Directive Registry Starts Health

By Elizabeth Simpson The Virginian-Pilot

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• December 08, 2011

• The current state of advance directive law in Ohio: more protective of provider liability than patient rights.

I. INTRODUCTION II. THE GROWING NEED FOR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES A. The Misuse and Fear of Futile Medical Treatments Have Increased the Need for Written Ad...

• Journal of Law and Health
• Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, June 2004

• The Advance Health Care Directive

Under California law, as long as you are able to give informed consent concerning your health care decisions, you may of course make your own decisions. The problem arises when you lack the capacity to understand the nature and consequences of a particular decision or are unable to communicate your decision. If you lack capacity to make decisions for yourself, decision-making authority is given in the following order of priority: (1) an agent you verbally designated during a hospitalization; (2) an agent you designated in an Advance Health Care Directive; (3) a court-appointed conservator; or (4) a close family member. In most circumstances, the decisionmaking authority rests with a close family member because advance planning has not been done and the circumstances do not warrant court...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• October 15, 2009

• Local Ethicist: Advance Directives Keep Patients in Charge of Their Care

Hammes said the provision simply required the federal government to reasonably reimburse physicians for having discussions about advance directives, living wills and other ways for patients to stipulate what medical care they want at the end of life. HOW TO GET AN ADVANCE DIRECTIVE People need to discuss end-of-life issues with family members and prepare an advance directive to make sure their voice is heard and understood, says Nickijo Hager, Franciscan Skemp vice president of mission and organizational development.

• La Crosse Tribune
• October 15, 2009

• 32 CFR Appendix D to Part 153 - Military Advance Medical Directive

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 32: National Defense

• The Advance Health Care Directive - Part Ii

One of the most distressing situations a family has to face is that of making medical decisions concerning whether to withhold or withdraw life support for a loved one. I know of a situation in which brothers and sisters, holding vigil outside their mother's intensive care hospital room, spent hours heatedly arguing about what medical course of action to take rather than comforting one another. Since their mother had not expressed her wishes before she had a massive heart attack, the family was left to make the decision without the benefit of her input. Those voting to keep their mother on life support stated that they couldn't bear the guilt associated with "pulling the plug." Those voting to let their mother "pass on in peace" by disconnecting the life support felt it was the only hum...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• October 15, 2009

• Was patient's advance directive 'concealed' and ignored?

PASCENTIA MCDONALD, AGE 73, WAS A PATIENT AT USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Her attending physicians were Drs. Douglas Hood, Michael Leke, and Fred Weaver (...

• Medical Law's Regan Report
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 8, August 2008

• Be careful what you wish for: analyzing the 'Five Wishes' advance directive: the popular Five Wishes document takes the legalese out of advance directives and helps clients think about end-of-life issues. But the Five Wishes should not be used in place of Illinois statutory forms for living wills and powers of attorney for health care, these authors argue.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More and more clients are asking this question: "The hospital told me that I should use the Five Wishes instead of a power of...

• Illinois Bar Journal
• Vol. 97 Nbr. 5, May 2009

• Christian Medical Association Offers Free Advance Directive Form

WASHINGTON, March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the Terry Schiavo case raises awareness of end of life decisions, the Christian Medical Association ( CMA, http://www.cmdahome.org ) is making available at no cost a guide to end of life health care that includes an advance directive form for patients and their families. David Stevens, M.D., executive director of CMA, the nation's largest association of faith-based physicians, said, "One of the reasons the Terry Schiavo case has been so difficult to decide has been the absence not only of a written advance directive, but even more importantly, the absence of a designated proxy to protect her wishes in the event of incapacitation. We want to help and encourage patients and family members decide these issues before a crisis arises.

• U.S. Newswire
• March 22, 2005