title: Advance directives on admission. Clinical implications and analysis of the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990.
authors.affiliation: Lutheran General Hospital Center for Clinical Ethics, Park Ridge, III 60068.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: La Puma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orentlicher
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D032882:Comprehension; D032962:Consent Forms; D003363:Cost Control; D004989:Ethics; D035082:Federal Government; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016224:Living Wills; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D010343:Patient Admission; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States; D028761:Withholding Treatment