Improving residents’ skills and confidence on advance directive discussion: a quality improvement project
Background: Advance directives have been established as a legal document that ensures patients’ wishes are followed if/when they cannot make medical decisions for themselves. The concept, advance directive, is rooted in the ethical principle of patient’s autonomy. New York State recognizes three typ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1643218 |